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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
studies, he suggests that, to entitle a student to a certificate, he be required to obtain a certain
percentage of examination marks also. This matter was discussed at a Council meeting of the
Professors at the time when certain rules framed by Dr. King, the Principal, were being recon-
sidered, and it was unanimously decided to abrogate the rule which insisted on a certain percentage
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of marks being obtained, in addition to regular attendance, in order to qualify for a certificate
for the course.
The Professor of Materia Medica is of opinion that a previous knowledge of Chemistry,
Physiology and Anatomy is essential to enable students to grasp even the most rudimentary
principles of Therapeutics. Concurring generally with him, as I do, it is my intention
to recommend a change that would meet the wishes of the Professor recommend a change that would meet the wishes of the Professor.
Professor Drake-Brockman, in his report on the class of Microscopy, says that he labored
under great disadvantages owing chiefly to the inadequate supply of Microscopes, apparatus,
re-agents and suitably prepared material from which to make sections, as well as on account
of insufficient room to accommodate a large class and, for these reasons, he suggests that the
L.M.S. Students be excluded from the course until such time as the College is better prepared
to take up the teaching of a large number. Besides third year M.B. Students who, hitherto,
alone attended this class, it was decided, this year, to include in it all second year students of
the Second Department going up for the Primary Examination and such L.M. Students who
were were willing to learn something of the Microscope. The full number authorized to attend
could not, however, do so this year, because the Professor was of opinion that the Microscopes,
Apparatus and Chemicals available in the College were insufficient. A requisition has been
submitted for more Microscopes and other necessaries and it is hoped that these will be duly
supplied and the College better equipped by next Session so that, hereafter, the Professor of
this subject will be in a position to instruct the full complement of students, and with greater
satisfaction to himself.
The Professor remarks that the course included the following subjects :—Construction and
uses of the various parts of the Microscope, methods employed in estimating the relative
power of the lenses and the sizes of the objects examined under such lenses. Examination of
granules, Bacteria, Bacilli, Mierococci, starch cells, milk, blood and pus cells, mucus and
saliva, silk and wool. The various forms of Epithelium and Endothelium cartilage, bone
fibrous tissue, muscle, nerve cells, nerve, fibre structure of blood-vessels, the circulation
through blood-vessels and the structure of the principal thoracic and abdominal organs.
The extent of instruction, this year, is as much as can reasonably be expected to be given,
considering the disadvantageous circumstances under which the Professor labored and, even if
no more could be given, for the next few years, a good beginning in Practical Physiology will,
at all events, have been made, towards developing this important branch of study. The curri-
- c u l u m o f e v e r y M e d i c a l S c h o o l o f a n y r e p u t a t i o n , n o w - a - d a y s , i n c l u d e s a c o u r s e o f P r a c t i c a l
Physiology, the subject in most cases being thoroughly taught in a well furnished laboratory,
and my desire simply is that the students of this College should be placed on a par with students
of other Colleges, as regards their training in this as in every other branch of the profession.
Moreover, to enable our students to intelligently appreciate the great advance that has been
made in modern Pathology, it seems to me to be indispensably necessary that they should be
fully instructed in Microscopy, and, so far from agreeing with the view that the subjects embraced
under Practical Physiology are " unnecessary for the ordinary Practical Medical man," I con-
sider the addition has become a necessity, if the education given at this institution is to keep
pace with the progress of the times.
The Professor of Medicine, in his report on his class, writes :—" While I examined one-half
of my class, Mr. Karney, the Assistant to the Professor of Medicine, took the other half, twice
a week, and went over the subject of physical diagnosis and practically demonstrated to the
students the mode of using the various medical instruments for diagnostic purposes, so far as
such instruments were available at the College or procurable from the General Hospital, and at
the bedside of the sick, special care was taken to see that the knowledge thus acquired was
applied by each student in the investigation of diseases. In addition to this, a systematic plan
of Clinical instruction in the wards was carried out during the past year. It was as follows :
every student attending the clinique was required to examine minutely every patient placed
under his care, diagnose the disease, give indications of treatment and to show how such indi-
cations can be met ; every step of his clinical training was closely supervised. Each day
special attention was directed to a group of six or seven cases, a short bedside lecture was
given on the clinical aspects of each case and every important feature was pointed out and
explained. In this way, every case admitted into the Physician's wards was brought under
the observation of the students and lectured upon, at least once a week, while at almost every
morning and evening visit, suggestive remarks, on other cases, were casually made. I am glad
to be able to say that the students, on the whole, proved themselves careful and painstaking
Clinical Clerks ; and I feel sure that the practical knowledge of diseases and their treatment
which they have thus acquired, will prove of service to them in after-life."
Physical Training.—While attending to the professional improvement of our pupils, we
have not been unmindful of their physical development. One of the Senior Department students,
Lander, won the first prize for excellence in Field Games. Seventeen of them have started
a Boat Club, to which the Professors and Students liberally subscribed. The Students' Boat Club