ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
LAHORE MEDICAL SCHOOL
For the Year 1870-71.
No. 138, dated 6th May 1871
From—T. E. B. BROWN, Esq., M.D., Principal, Lahore Medical School
To—The Offg. Secretary to Government, Punjab
HAS the honor to forward the Annual Report of the Lahore Medical School for the
year 1870-71, with its usual enclosures.
REPORT ON THE LAHORE MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR THE YEAR 1870-71.
DURING the past year the Medical School has suffered some important losses among the
gentlemen connected with it. In the first place, Dr. C. M. Smith, who had materially assisted
in the first formation of the College, and had been a Professor in it from its commencement,
left India temporarily last January. He had greatly aided the development of the school by
his well-merited professional reputation and his knowledge of the dispositions of the inhabit-
ants of the Punjab.
Also, in consequence of Dr. Smith's going away, Dr. Scriven relinquished the duties of
Principal, which he had held from the first formation of the Medical College. To him the
efficiency of the school has been mainly due, since his medical skill and knowledge, his
industry and careful management, have all been greatly required in order to render the school
as successful as it has hitherto been.
I am happy to say, however, that Dr. Scriven still remains as one of the Professors in the
school, and takes part in the hospital duties, so that his valuable assistance and advice will not
be lost to us.
But although these changes occurred in the space of a single year, yet there is very much.
to be hoped for in the arrangements which have now been made for the instruction of our
pupils. In the first place, the school has at length received the additional Professor to devote
his time to teaching anatomy and other subjects; and, moreover, the appointment has been
given to Dr. Neil, who had taught anatomy and physiology in the school with very great
success for many years, and his accession to the professorial staff will materially assist the
education of our students.
Secondly, Dr. Center has also been added to the Professors, and has already shown the great-
est willingness to carry on the work of the school, for which he is well qualified, not only by
his medical knowledge, but also by his acquaintance with Oriental languages.
And lastly, the new hospital has been almost completed, and already reflects the greatest
credit on its architect, Mr. Purdon, and Engineer, Rai Kunhya Lall, for its conspicuous and
elegant appearance and the commodiousness of its arrangements. It will greatly facilitate the
teaching of medicine and surgery to our students, as well as prove a great boon to the sick
poor of the district by its well-ventilated wards, and remain a conspicuous monument of the
care which the Government takes of even the poorest of its subjects.
It only remains to hope that the school buildings will be constructed soon and equally
well, so that it will no longer be necessary to refer to the detriment which the school receives
from its present barrack-like edifice.
The other events of the year have necessarily been very similar to those of former years,
and will only require a brief notice from me.
During the past year there has been one examination of the Military Class in April
1870: 17 students of the Government Division, and 7 of the Local Division, were successful;
making 133 students who have passed since the opening of the school.
These men are entirely taught in the vernacular by the talented and painstaking Sub--
Assistant Surgeons who are attached to the school, and by the Professors; and on leaving the
school they become hospital assistants in the regiments and Civil Dispensaries.
In the English Class there were only three candidates for the final examination. Of these,
two succeeded, and have been appointed Sub-Assistant Surgeons, making the total number to be
23 who have been educated in this place.
During the past year it has been resolved to affiliate the Medical School to the Punjab Uni-
versity College, in which a Medical Faculty has been formed, and has drawn up rules for the
examination of the students. These have been carried out as far as possible with regard to
the junior examination last month, at which there were 12 candidates, 7 of whom passed
entirely, and four in all subjects but one.