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    Besides other research work carried out and in progress, 14 papers on
various subjects of medical interest were published by members of the
staff during 1936-37 and 10 papers were read at the 5th All-India
Ophthalmological Congress held at Lahore in December 1936. Dr. M.
Chakravarti was awarded the Dr. Chandra's Research Scholarship for his
thesis on "The Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Ocimum bacilicum".

CARMICHAEL MEDICAL COLLEGE, BELGACHIA (BENGAL).

    The Carmichael Medical College was the first non-official Medical
College to be recognised in India and came into existence in 1916. The
institution had its origin in the year 1886 and was known as the 'Calcutta
Medical School and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bengal'. The
School continued to be housed in a rented building for seventeen years
and the bulk of the present site was bought in 1896 and the School removed
to Belgachia in 1903. The curriculum was modified in 1887 and framed
according to that of Government medical schools; the name was also
changed to "Calcutta Medical School". From 1888 the students attended
the Mayo Hospital for clinical instruction. The Albert Victor Hospital
with 40 beds increased to 100 in 1909 was opened in 1902. The College
of Physicians and Surgeons of Bengal, another private institution started
in 1895, amalgamated with it in 1903 when the combined institution was
named the 'Calcutta Medical School and College of Physicians and Sur-
geons of Bengal'.

    With a view to affiliating the College to the University of Calcutta,
the Government of India offered to give (i) a capital grant of Rs. 5 lakhs,
provided the Committee of the institution raised 2 lakhs from the public,
and (ii) a recurring grant of Rs. 50,000, provided Rs. 30,000 was paid
annually by the Calcutta Corporation and Rs. 10,000 by the University.
These conditions were ultimately fulfilled and the first affiliation to the
University of Calcutta obtained in April 1916. The College was then
opened as the "Belgachia Medical College" by Lord Carmichael, the
then Governor of Bengal. In July, 1917, the College, was affiliated to the
Calcutta University up to the standard of the First M. B. Examination,
and in 1919 up to the Final M. B. Examination. The first batch of
students appeared for the final M. B. examination in 1922. The present
name of the College was given to it in 1919.

    The College curriculum follows the M. B. Examination rules laid down
in the Regulations of the Calcutta University and the management of
the College is in the hands of a Council consisting of 14 members of whom
three are nominated by the Government of Bengal.

    The number of students to be admitted is determined annually by the
Council of the College who appoint a Selection Committee for interviewing
the candidates. There is no reservation for any community. Any candi-
date irrespective of caste or creed coming from any University and
possessing requisite qualifications for admission under the rules of the
Calcutta University is admitted provided he is found suitable by the
Selection Committee at the interview. The Committee selects candidates