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far as the persons assaulted , were concerned, was compromised by a payment of
Rs. 8 compensation levied from the students at fault, but this was not considered
sufficient in regard to the discipline of the school.
The Principal fined each of the. students from' Rs. 1 to 3 in addition to his share
of the Rs. 8; two, who had been punished before for. turbulent conduct, were not
allowed to remain in the school quarters, and the Havildar Major and Lance
Naicks, old students, who should have put down the disturbance, instead of join-
ing in it as they did, were reduced at once from their positions of trust, and re-
placed by others. No outbreak has occurred since,
10. During the year a great alteration in the method of selecting students
has been ordered, and the standard of preliminary education greatly raised, a fair
knowledge of English being an essential qualification.
The late Principal, in opposition to the opinion expressed by myself as In-
spector General of Dispensaries, by the two Deputy Surgeons General in these
Provinces, and entertained, I believe, by the Surgeon General, Indian 'Medical De-
partment, objected strongly to a pre-collegiate year of practical instruction at a
hospital or dispensary; and the Chief Commissioner sanctioned the experiment of
taking one half of the students direct, the other half being received after about
12 months' hospital training. The custom hitherto has been for the Surgeon
General to send yearly to the Nagpur Medical . School, a number of young men
trained as pupils at some dispensary either in the Central Provinces or elsewhere,
as shown in paragraph 2 of this report : trusting to receive about 15 such students
who would have had the required pre-collegiaite year's training, the late Principal
caused to be issued in the " Central Provinces' Gazette" of November 2nd 1878, a
Notification calling for candidates for 15 studentships to be given in May next,
without this preliminary experience. On November 18th, however, a memoran-
dum was received from the Secretary to the Surgeon General at Calcutta to the
effect that no pupils would be sent by him to the Nagpur Medical School this
year, so that the comparison between students. with . and. without the pre-
collegiate year's training and experience cannot be made without a modification of
the rules last framed. On this subject however, I have made a special reference,
but consider it necessary to mention it here, as likely greatly to influence the con-
dition of the school.
If a sufficient number of respectable young men with the preliminary quali-
fications now required, come forward, I should be very sanguine as to the suc-
cess and high reputation of the Nagpur Medical School.
11. There has been a temporary alteration in the teaching staff :
Babu Kali Krishna Ghose, who had for some years been a successful .
pro-fessor Of Materia Medica and Chemistry, was detached from the School on
November 18th, and sent, on pressing emergency, to Wardha to act as Civil
Surgeon. He had finished his course of lectures on Chemistry, and had made
considerable progress in that on Materia Medica.
Babu Jadub Krisen Ghose completed the course in his absence, and was
relieved on January 9th by assistant Surgeon Amulya Chandra Champati, who
examined and demonstrated to the class almost daily till February 16th.
Balu Kali Krishna Ghose gave 120 lectures and 31 examinations. Babu
Jadub Krisen Ghose gave 20 lectures and held 9 examinations ; Babu Amulya
Chandra Champati, 23 examinations. At some of these last I was present, and
can testify to the knowledge displayed by the Babu and his anxiety to convey
that knowledge to the pupils of his class.
12. Assistant Surgeon Jadub Krisen Ghose delivered 137 lectures and held
45 examinations in Medicine, at some of -which I was present. He is a very