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No. 10.
THE PRINCIPAL, NAGPUR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,
Central Provinces.
THE SECRETARY TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER,
Central Provinces.
Dated Nagpur, the 7th April 1876.
The ninth session of the Nagpur School of Medicine having come to a close, I have
the honor to submit for the information of the Chief Commissioner my eighth report of the
progress of the school.
2. At the close of the preceding session, 31st March 1875, 26 stipendiary and 1 free
student remained under instruction ; and on the 1st June 1875, 30 new students, attached to
the school by order of the Surgeon General, Indian Medical Department, reported themselves
for admission.
3. Of the 36 new students, 1 came from Bangalore, 2 from Umballah, 1 from Harda, 1
from Jubbulpore, 3 from Kamptee, 4 from Nagpur, 2 from Cawnpur, 1 from Gorruckpur, 3 from
Benares, 1 from Furruckabad, 1 from Meerut, 2 from Bulandshahar, 2 from Bareilli, 1 from
Unao, 1 from Muzaffernagore, 1 from Lucknow, and 3 from Agra ; 9 therefore belonged to the
Central Provinces and 21 to other districts, 14 were Mussulmans and 16 Hindus.
4. At the commencement of the session 1875-76 there were therefore 57 students; of these
5 were dismissed during the course of the session for incapacity and idleness, and 10 were found
qualified on examination on its close and reported fit for admission into the service as 3rd
Class Hospital Assistants. 42 students therefore remain on the rolls at the close of the session.
I have included in the number that have been found qualified to enter the service as 3rd Class
Hospital Assistants the free student Abdul Wahab. He entered the school in 1873, receiving no
stipend, and being exempt from the condition of serving Government on the completion of his
course, with the intention of establishing himself hereafter as an independent medical practioner.
This pupil has changed his mind now and is very anxious to enter the Government service on
the same conditions and rules which obtain for Passed Medical Pupils and Hospital Assistants.
This medical pupil formed the subject of a former communication at the time cholera broke
out in this district (vide letter No. 176, dated the 16th August 1875) where I recommended
for the favourable consideration of the Chief Commissioner the admission of this man into the
service as a Native Doctor. The reasons which have led him to alter his ori ginal intention
are his sense of the uncertainty of private practice and of his inexperience and youth, which
he fears will prevent his obtaining the confidence of the people, his anxiety to gain increased
skill and knowledge in the practical part of his profession, and lastly his limited means which
are insufficient to support him while waiting to obtain private practice. Under thsse circum-
stances I would strongly recommend his case for the favourable consideration of the Chief Com-
missioner. ; such an admission into the service will not be without precedent, as a free student
of a former year passed by me was accepted by the Bengal Government, employed in the Jail
at Furridpur, and is now Assistant Teacher of Anatomy in the Dacca Medical School.
5. Of the 30 new students admitted in June last one requires special mention. This lad
(Vishnoo) is a Mahratta Brahmin of Nagpur. He is very promising and is sure to succeed.
I -am glad I am again able to speak well of the 4 Mahratta Brahmins who were
prominently brought to the notice of the Chief Commissioner in my last year's report. They
have-all done well at the annual examinations, especially Dajee Ram Chunder and Mughun
Raghoba.
6.. The conduct of pupils of all grades and their attendance at lectures, examination,
and dissections, with the exceptions above noted, has been generally good. The power of