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Mohan Lal was first in Materia-Medica, and therefore obtained the prize in
that subject. In Anatomy he and Ramchandra Vishnu stood so nearly equal,
that it was difficult to determine to whom the prize was due.
On the whole it was thought that there was perhaps a slight superiority on
the part of Ramchandra Vishnu, amd the point was almost decided in his favour,
when he with great generosity came forward and begged that the prize might be
awarded to Mohan Lal, who as the younger man required some encouragement,
while he himself was quite satisfied with the knowledge he had gained. Under
these circumstances the prize has been given to Mohan Lal, but I do not think
the good feeling of Ramchandra Vishnu should be allowed to go unrewarded, I
have therefore thought it right to present him on behalf of the School with a
book prize equivalent in value to that awarded to Mohan Lal.
20. Finance.—A Cash Account is annexed, showing the receipts and dis-
bursements of the official year just completed. By this it will be seen that the
income of the year has not been much exceeded, although the expenditure of the
year has been exceptionally heavy, owing to the necessity of procuring an en-
graved diploma plate and a medal die from England. A considerable number of
books of reference have also been added to the Library, and additions have been
made to the Materia-Medica museum. There is reason to believe that in conse-
quence of the success of the first passed students of the School, some of whom
have already obtained charge of Dispensaries, and of the liberal encouragement
offered by Rajahs Janojí, Sulliman Sha, and other Native gentlemen already
mentioned, there will be an increase in the number of candidates for admission
in June next. To enable me to entertain these, and to secure a sound financial
basis for the School, the annual contributions hitherto furnished by the Local
Funds of Rs 2,950 will be required, and I have therefore to ask that the Chief
Commissioner will be good enough to issue the necessary orders to all Deputy
Commissioners.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
W. B. BEATSON,
Cash Account of the Náypúr School of Medicine from 1st April 1870 to 31st March 1871.
RECEIPTS.
Rs. A.
P . Rs. A
P .
DISBURSEMENTS.
Rs.
A P. Rs.
A . P.
Balance in hand 1st April 1870
..
. .
3,132 14 0 Pay of Principal from April 1870 to March 1871,
being 12 months at Rs. 250 per mensem
3,000 0 0
Government grant from 1st April 1870 to 31st
March 1871
..
..
.. 12,000 0 0
Pay of three Teachers from April 1870 to Marc
h 1871, being 12 months at Rs. 200 each
. . 7,200 0 0
Pay of students
2,749 7 9
Subscriptions from districts for the year 1870-71 .. 2,950 0 0
Contingencies.
12,949 7 9
Subscription received from Native gentlemen for
prizes
..
..
. .
475
0 0
Establishment
564 1 2 0
Furniture
128 0 0
Stationery and petty charges
162 0 6
Fees from Hospital Assistants for registration of
diplomas
..
. .
22 8 0 15,447 8 0
Paid for Urdu books for use of students
. .
310 7 0 854 12 6
Cost of engraving diploma plate, printing 23
copies, freight, and charges
.
220 0 0
Cost of executing die for Prize Medal
...
125 0
0
Two silver medals, prizes of 1869-70 with charges..
3 0 0
0
Prize books for students, 1869-70
..
9 5 0 0
Cost of two gold medals and four silver medals and
one silver watch prize for 1870-71
..
280 0 0
Cost of prize books for 1870-71
. . .
70 0 0
Cost of endorsing stamp with School device, and
engraving a book plate and printing 50 copies ..
70 0 0
Sundry remittances to England for books purchased
for Library, &c., freight and charges, &c.
725 2 8
1,925 9 8
15,729 1311
Balance in hand on 31st March 1871 ...
2,850 8 1
Total Government Rupees .. .. 18,580 6 0
Total Government Rupees... ...
.. 18,580 6 0
W. B. BEATSON, M.D., F.R.C.S.
f M e d i c i n e .
I P | 1 9 | N Z . 3
E d i n b u r g h
REPORT
ON THE
Nagpur School of Medicine
CENTRAL PROVINCES,
FOR
THE YEAR 1871.
NAGPUR:
PRINTED AT THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER' S OFFICE PRESS:
1872 1-27-290
No. 3122/108
FROM
THE ASST. SECRETARY To THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER,
Central Provinces,
To
THE P RINCIPAL N A G P U I R M E D I A L S C H O O L ,
Central Provinces.
Dated Nagpur, the 2nd September 1872.
SIR,
I am directed to acknowledge receipt of your fourth Annual
Report on the working of the Nagpur Medical School.
2. The School was started in 1868, and had three principal
ob-jects in view:—
(1.)—The supply of efficient Hospital Assistants for Government
service.
(2.)—The education of Marathas and other natives of these
Provinces to be physicians of their own race.
(3.)—The formation of a class of independent Medical practi-
tioners.
3 . U p t o t h e p r e s e n t y e a r c a n d i d a t e s f o r a d m i s s i o n p r e s e n t e d
themselves before you in the month of June of each year, and on
being found duly qualified in general subjects of education, were at
once allowed entrance into the School, but in the present year this
plan was altered. The Inspector General of Hospitals pointed out
in his Secretary's letter No. 68, dated Fort William, 27th April 1871,
that pupils admitted to the School without having undergone a
year's preliminary training in a Regimental Hospital or Civil
Dispensary would be ineligible for Government employ as
Hospital Assistants. In consequence of this it was necessary to
r e - f u s e a d m i t t a n c e
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candidates who had already presented them-
selves, and who had not fulfilled the prescribed conditions; travel
-ling allowance was, however, granted them. Their places were taken
by 15 students attached to the School by order of the Inspector
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General of Hospitals. The Chief Commissioner regrets that it was
necessary to refuse admittance to these youths, not only because
many of t hem " wer e wel l educat ed young men, capabl e of r ecei vi ng
and profiting by the teaching of the School," but also on the broader
ground, that the second object for which the School was formed stands
in peril of being defeated.
4. In 1868, of the 22 new students admitted, 13 were natives of
Nagpur; in 1869, of 16 admitted, 8 belonged to these Provinces; and
again in 1870, out of 16 admitted, 10 belonged to them. In the pre-
sent year, of the new students, only 5 were natives of these Provinces,
viz., 2 came from Sagar and 3 from Hoshangabad. It may, however,
be that some of the young men to whom admission was refused
may follow your instructions and qualify themselves in the manner
prescribed by the Government; should this not be the case, the Chief
Commissioner would be not unwilling to take into consideration
the advisability of having a Local as well as a Military class in the
School; and with this view Mr. Morris desires to be favoured with ex-
plicit information as to the compromise said to exist in the Bengal
School of Medicine regarding which you have in para. 9 quoted Babu
Durga Doss Roy at length.
5. The results of the examination the Chief Commissioner con-
siders satisfactory. 8 Students had completed the full term of study
and were found duly qualified, and 7 of them have been recommend-
-ed for admission into the Medical service as 3rd Class Hospital
Assistants; the eighth was a free Student, receiving no stipend, and
consequently exempt from the condition of Government service.
The Students admitted last year also seem to have done well on
the whole, for you write that " 4 passed very satisfactory exami-
-nations in both Materia Medica and Anatomy, and 5 had made
" fair progress." It is a matter for regret that you were obliged to
recommend the dismissal of 2. Their dismissal may, it is hoped,
be a warning to the three youths, Jageer Parshad, Lutchmon, and
Mir Syud Ali, who are to be tried for another year.
6. The question of arming the Principal with a more summary
power of dismissal, power to inflict fines, and to refuse annual in-
crease of stipend in cases of incompetence, negligence, and inatten-
tion, will receive due consideration.
7. Mr. Morris is glad to observe that you are again able to
speak in high praise of the Staff of Teachers, and requests that you
will communicate to Babus Durga Doss Roy, Jadub Kishon Ghose,
and Nundo Lal Ghose his acknowledgments for the Zeal and effi-
ciency which they displayed.
It is a peculiar good fortune for the pupils to be attached to a
School in which the numbers not being large, individual instruction
can be attended to. In large Schools like the Calcutta and Agra
o n e s , w h e r e p u p i l s c o u n t b y h u n d r e d s , a t t e n t i o n t o e a c h i n d i v i d u a l
pupil is of course impossible. The prizes which the liberality of
Native gentlemen residing at Nagpur enables you to bestow must
also offer inducement to increased diligence and exertion on the part
of the Students.
In conclusion, I am to thank you for your report, and to con-
gratulate you on the generally successful results of your labours.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
LINDSAY NEILL,
Offg. Asst. Secretary.
No. 24.
FROM
THE PRINCIPAL, NAGPUR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,
To
THE SECRETARY TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER,
Central Provinces,
Dated Nagpur, the 20th May 1872.
SIR,
The fifth session of the Nagpur School of Medicine having come to
a close, I have the honor to submit, for the information of the Chief Commis-
sioner, my fourth Report of the progress of the School.
2. At the close of the preceding session, 31st March 1871, 17 Students
remained under instruction; and on the 1st June 15 new students, attached to
the School by order of the Inspector General of Hospitals, Indian Medical De-
partment, reported themselves for admission.
3. Thirteen Candidates for admission had previously presented themselves
before me in consequence of a Notification issued in the Central Provinces' Gazette,
as in former Years. This notice was withdrawn at the instance of the Inspector
General of Hospitals, who pointed out in his Secretary's letter No. 66, dated
Fort William, 27th April 1871, that pupils admitted to the School without
having undergone a year's preliminary training in a Regimental Hospital or Civil
Dispensary would be ineligible for Government employ as Hospital Assistants.
In accordance with the Inspector General's suggestion, admission was refused to
the candidates who appeared in consequence of the Notification, and they were
instructed to return to their homes, travelling allowance being granted to them,
and to qualify themselves for admission in the manner laid down as in G. G. O.
No. 550, of the 5th June 1868.
This step was the only one open to me in face of the order and instructions
quoted, but I took it with much regret, as many of the candidates were well
educated young men, capable of receiving and profiting by the teaching of the
School.
4. Of the 15 new students sent by the Inspector General, 2 were from
Sagar, 3 from Hoshangabad, 5 from Benares, 1 from Amballa, 1 from Allahabad,
1 from Fyzabad, and 2 from Lucknow. 5 of the 15 were therefore natives or
inhabitants of the Central Provinces,-8 were Hindus and 7 Mussulmans.
5. At the commencement of the session 1871-72 there were therefore 32
students; of these, 1 absconded, and 2 were dismissed as incapable; 8 were found
qualified on examination, and of these 7 have been reported fit for admission into
the service as 3rd Class Hospital Assistants. 21 students therefore remain on
the rolls at the close of the session.
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There were 8 students who had completed the full term of study, and
all were found sufficiently qualified,—the first 4 passing with much credit.
Among these was Prakash Chunder Sen, who was spoken of in my last year's
report as a free student, who has received no stipend, and is exempt from the
condition of Government service.
The remainder below mentioned by name have been recommended for
admission into the service as 3rd class Hospital Assistants:—
Mahomed Syed Yousooff Ally.
Hernath.
Maha Naraen.
Mahomed Hoosain.
B e h a r i L a l l .
Abdoor Rymon.
Abdool Guffore.
Of the 7 second year students, 4 had made good progress in all
branches; the remaining 3 did well in Materia Medica and Anatomy, but were
deficient in Medicine and Surgery.
Of the 14 students admitted last year, 4 passed very satisfactory exami-
nations in both Materia Medica and Anatomy, 5 had made fair progress, and
5 but little. Of these last I was obliged to recommend the dismissal of 2,
viz., Shaik Ameenolla and Ameer Ally. The latter had been reported in July for
dismissal, and has since been struck off the list by order of his Excellency the
Viceroy, dated 19th April. No orders have yet been received as to Shaik
A m e e n o l l a .
The other 3, Jageer Parshad, Lutchmon, and Mir Syud Ali may be tried
for another year, but they should not receive the increased pay of second year
students.
14. Prizes.— Owing to the continued liberality of certain Native gentlemen,
to whom the warmest thanks of my pupils and myself are due, I have been able to
offer this year an increased number of prizes. For this purpose the following
donations have been received:—
Raja Janoji Bhonsla
Raja, Suliman Sha ..
Abir Chand Rai Bahadur
G. Ramiah Garu ...
Rs. 200
"
100
50
50
Total
400
With this sum I have been enabled to provide the following prizes:—
For third year Students.
1. Raja Suliman Sha's prize for General Proficiency, a Gold Medal.
2. Raja Janoji Bhonsla's prize for proficiency in Medicine, a Gold Medal.
3. Abir Chand Rai Bahadur's prize for proficiency in Surgery, a Silver
Watch.
4. Raja Janoji Bhonsla's prize to the second best in Medicine, a Silver
Medal.
5. Raja Janoji Bhonsla's prize to the second best in Surgery, a Silver Medal.
6. Raja Suliman Sha's prize for diligence in. Dissection, a Coxeter's
pocket case.
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For second year Students.
7. Abir Chand Rai Bahadur's prize for knowledge in Materia Medica, a
Silver Medal.
8. G. Ramiah Garu's prize for proficiency in Anatomy, a Silver Medal.
9. Raja Janoji Bhonsla's prize to the second best in Anatomy, a Silver
Medal.
10. Raja Janoji Bhonsla's prize to the second best in Materia Medica,
Book Prize.
11. G. Ramiah Garu's prize for proficiency in Medicine, a Silver Medal.
12. Raja Janoji Bhonsla's prize for proficiency in Surgery, a Silver
Medal.
13. Raja Suliman Sha's prize to the second best in Surgery, a Book Prize.
14.
Raja Suliman Sha's prize to the second best in Medicine, a Book
Prize.
15. For good conduct and assistance to the lecturer on Materia Medica, a
Book Prize.
For first year Students.
16. G. Ramiah Garu's prize for progress in Materia Medica, a Book Prize.
17. G. Ramiah Garu's prize for progress in Anatomy, a Book Prize.
18. Raja Janoji Bhonsla's prize to the second best in Materia Medica, a
Book Prize.
19. Raja Janoji Bhonsla's prize to the second best in Anatomy, a Book
Prize.
15. The examinations for these prizes were conducted as usual by written
questions, which were answered in writing in my presence. The answers were
altogether satisfactory, and in some cases exceedingly good.
Prakash Chunder Sen, the free student before spoken of, showed as usual a
decided superiority, and obtained the first prizes for Medicine, Surgery, and General
Proficiency.
The second prize for third year students in Medicine and Surgery was
gained by Mahomed Syed Yousoof .Ally,
Of the second year students, Mohun Lail obtained the first prizes in
Surgery and Medicine, and the second in Materia Medica.
Mahomed Yacub, a very diligent and attentive student, gained the first in
Materia Medica and Anatomy, and the second in Medicine.
Ramchandra Vishnu, the Maratha Brahmin, took the second prize in
Anatomy, and Ruffiuddeen the second in Surgery.
Of the new students, Chota Lall obtained the first prize in Matera Medica,
Nohur the first in Anatomy; and the second prizes in these branches were gained
by Joongay and Shew Pershad.
16. Finance.—A cash account is annexed, showing the receipts and dis
-bursements of the official year just completed. By this it will be seen that the
expenditure of the year has been almost exactly met by the income. A con
-siderable sum has been expended in the purchase of furniture, library books,
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Materia Medica specimens, and chemical apparatus. The School now possesses
a really good Medical library, a fair museum of Materia Medica, and the founda
-tion of a Chemical laboratory, which I hope shortly to bring into working order.
The balance remaining in hand will be required to meet unforeseen contin
-gences, and to complete the library, museum, and laboratory.
Contributions from the Local Funds of the districts will not this year be
required, the expenses of the current, having been provided for by the Adminis
-tration.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
W. B. BEATSON,
Principal, Nagpur School of Medicine.
Er
Cash Account of the Nagpur School of Medicine from 1st April 1871 to 31st March 1872.
RECEIPTS.
DISBURSEMENTS.
Rs. A. P. Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P. Rs. A. P.
Pay of Principal from 1st April 1871 to 31st March 1872. 3,000 0 0
Balance in hand on 1st April 1871
2 , 8 5 0 8 1
Pay of 3 Teachers from do.
to
do.
7,438 1 1 4
Government Grant from 1st April 1871 to 31st March
1872
12,238 11
4
Pay of 2nd and 3rd year's students from do. to do.
1,134 2 5
11,572 13 9
Subscriptions from districts for the year 1871-72
3,210 0 0
Contingencies.
Subscriptions received from Native gentlemen for prizes.
400 0 0
Establishment
608 0 0
Fees from Hospital Assistants for registration of Diplomas.
52 8 0
Furniture
497 5 3
Stationery and petty charges
187 3 6
Received for books purchased by the teachers
29 1 4
Paid for Urdu Books for use of Students
120 14 3
1,292 8 9
Do. do. by Native Doctors
15 0 0
Paid for English Books from England, including freigh t
and other charges
1,437
9 10
Do. on account of a clock sold
7 8 0
Paid for Chemicals
551 11 9
Paid for Materia Medica specimens
602 10 0
Received from Government on account of pay of 15
Native Medical pupils from May 1871 to 31st
March 1872
15,952 12 8 Paid for engraving medals
53 13 0
Paid travelling allowance to applicants for admission
108 0 0
975 12 3
10
2,874 10
--
Pay of 1st year Native Medical Pupils
975 12 3
Stoppages from Native Medical pupils on account of
Books
64 8 0
Travelling allowance to Medical Pupils
73 6 0
16,789 3 7
Do. from do. on account of Fines
55 8 5
Balance in hand
3,195 2 3
Pay of a deserted Native Medical pupil
11
1 4
5
Received from Government on account of travelling al
lowance to Medical pupils
131 14 10
73 6 0
Total Rupees
19,984 5 10
Total Rupees
19,984 5 10
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4—26—315
W. B. BEATSON, M.D.,
Principal, Nágpúr School of Medicine.
REPORT
ON THE
Nagpur School of Medicine,
CENTRAL PROVINCES,
FOR
THE YEAR 1872.
NAGPUR:
PRINTED AT THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE PRESS
1873.
E—2—3—300
No. 1678
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FROM
LINDSAY NEILL, ESQUIRE,
OFFG. ASST. SECRETARY TO CHIEF COMMISSIONER.,
Central Provinces.
To
THE PRINCIPAL, NAGPUR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,
Central Provinces.
Dated Nagpur, the 21st May 1873.
S I R ,
I am directed to acknowledge receipt of your letter No. 11 dated
28th ultimo, being your fifth Annual Report on the working of the Nagpur
Medical School.
2. The most satisfactory feature in the report is the fact that out of 15 new
pupils sent to the School in June last, by the Inspector General of Hospitals, as
many as 14 belonged to the Central Provinces. For previous years the figures
stood thus :—
A D M I S S I O N S I N T O T H E S C H O O L .
1868 (first started).
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
55, of whom 53
belonged to
the C. P.
16, of whom
8 belonged
to the C. P.
16, of whom
10 belonged
to the C. P.
15, of whom 5
belonged to
the C. P.
15, of whom
14 belonged
to the C. P.
Thus year after year for the first four years, the entrance of young men
residents of these Provinces into the School, decreased, and there was reason
to fear that this state of matters might continue, and the School fail to attract,
the indigenous pupils for the training of whom it was primarily established. It
would have been more satisfactory had you drawn attention to the causes which
must, in this year, have led to this very favourable increase in the admission of
residents of these Provinces into the School, for without precise information on the
point the Chief Commissioner is unable to form a definite opinion as to whether
the increase is due to accident or to any action which the Inspector General of
Hospitals may have taken in the matter.
3. Of the 15 pupils admitted 6 were Hindus and 9 Mahommedans. The
Mahommedan element is then numerically as strong as it has ever been. To con-
tinue the Table already given it is seen that in :—
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
Admissions.
Admissions.
Admissions.
Admissions.
Admissions.
55, of whom 34
were Mahom-
medans.
1 6 , o f w h o m
8 were Ma-
hommedans.
16, of whom
10 were
Mahomme-
dans.
15, of whom 7
were Mahom-
medans.
15, of whom 9
were Mahom-
medans.
It is a matter of regret that but one Mahratta student has been attracted
to the School, The difficulty of attracting such students is admittedly very
great and the Chief Commissioner has to congratulate you, and the Teachers of the
School, on the fact that a Mahratta Brahmin, Ramchandra Vishnu, has passed
out of the School as a qualified Hospital Assistant, after having undergone
a very creditable examination. It is not however alone to the Brahmin class
that you should look for pupils, for in the Bombay Presidency there are, the
Chief Commissioner has reason to-believe, many excellent Medical Subordinates
belonging to the Sudra caste, and there may be similar men here who only
require encouragement to come forward. This point was brought to your
notice by the Chief Commissioner in 1869, and he trusts it has not been lost
sight of. Regarding the Mahratta Brahmin already mentioned, you write that
"he last year was nearly overcome when he found that under new regulations
"he could not be certain of being retained in the Central Provinces." The
exigencies and demands of the medical service may of course from time to time
require that pupils, who have received their education in these Provinces, should
be drafted elsewhere, but the Chief Commissioner hopes that for some years to
come this will be the exception and not the rule. He would have been glad to
learn from you how many of the pupils, who have been passed out of the school,
are in Medical employ in these Provinces, and how the training . they have
received in it has fitted them for the discharge of their present duties. On these
points your report is silent, and Mr. Morris desires that you will notice them in
future years.
4. The result of the examination is satisfactory, and with the numerous
prizes which the liberality of the patrons of the school enables you to offer, it
would have been a matter of surprize if the students had not earnestly Striven
to do well.
5. The expenses of the institution have been unusually large this year,
owing to the necessity of procuring anatomical models and books of reference
from Europe. Such expenditure will not however recur every year.
6. The Staff of teachers remains the same as in former years, and to
one and all Mr. Morris desires you to convey his acknowledgments for the
m a n - n e r i n w h i c h t h e y h a v e w o r k e d , a n d t h e a s s i s t a n c e t h e y h a v e g i v e n y o u i n t h e
management of the School, which has been very satisfactory, and such as to
merit the best thanks of the Administration.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
LINDSAY NEILL,