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    There is a students' Gymkhana in which the students are given facilities
for participating in all indoor and outdoor games. A Reading Room also
exists for the students, where medical books and periodicals and daily and
weekly newspapers are provided.

CAMPBELL MEDICAL SCHOOL, CALCUTTA, (BENGAL).

    It is a Government institution.

    In the earlier part of the 19th Century in Bengal two systems of medi-
cine viz., Ayurvedic and Unani were practised, systems which were un
developed and run mostly on speculative lines. With the increasing demand
for Indian doctors it was deemed necessary to establish a central institu-
tion for a more uniform and better system of education in medical science
and with the approval of the Government of India a school was opened in
October 1822 in two sections—one Ayurvedic and the other Unani. On
the opening of the Calcutta Medical College in 1835, the Ayurvedic and
Unani systems of instruction were abolished and the School classes were
held side by side with the classes for the College course. Later, when the
Vernacular Schools were opened up-country in Agra and Lahore, the Verna-
cular classes in the College were abolished, but in 1852 they were again
started owing to the increasing demand for this class of medical men. In
1873, for lack of accommodation at the College, the classes were transfer-
red to the Campbell Hospital and a school named Campbell Medical
School after the then Lt.-Governor Sir George Campbell was opened, the
course of study in the first instance being limited to 3 years. In 1895 the
period was extended to 4 years which still continues. The examinations
were controlled by the Inspector General of Civil Hospitals, assisted by a
Committee of Examiners selected by him. With the constitution of the
State Medical Faculty in 1914 all control in connection with the examina-
tions was transferred to that body.

    Matriculation or an equivalent examination is the minimum qualification
required for admission to the School. Selection for admission is made by
a committee appointed by Government, admissions being ordinarily restrict-
ed to the natives of the Presidency and Rajshahi Divisions, Bengal. 25
per cent. of the total vacancies are reserved for Mohammedans and 2 seats
each for the Government of Assam and the State of Sikkim.

    The number of applications received in 1935, 1936 and 1937 was 442,
403 and 366 respectively. 57, 56 and 42 candidates with I.Sc. qualifica-
tions applied in 1935, 1936 and 1937 respectively.

    A first year student who fails at the School test examination is removed
from the rolls, but 2nd, 3rd and 4th year failed students continue to sit
for subsequent examinations every sixth month till the 4th failure, after
which their names are removed except in the case of fourth year students
who can be retained in the School until they pass.

    The maximum number of students working at a time in a practical class
is 27, the average number being 20.

    Arrangements exist for the training of compounders. The course of
instruction runs to 12 months and on its completion an examination is