Annual report of the Medical College of Bengal : twelfth year, session 1846-47 / under the immediate control and superintendence of the Council of Education.

  • Medical College of Bengal.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical College of Bengal : twelfth year, session 1846-47 / under the immediate control and superintendence of the Council of Education. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDICAL COLLEGE. With reference to the report of the Examiner and Assessors upon the unfavourable results of the final exammation of last year, the Council of the Medical College forwarded to Govenunent the_ foUowmg explanation. The report to which it refers, is quoted m the margin for readier reference. Explanatory report of the College Coun- cil upon the result of the final exami- nation of 1845-46. Mr. Forsyth reported as follows: The final examinations of the students of the Medical College for the session 1845-46, having been brought to a close on the 31st ultimo, I have now the honor to forward, for submission to the Council of Education, the result, in a tabular form, showing that of the twelve candidates for the College degree who presented them- selves for examination, seven only have been deemed, in the judgment of the as- sessors, to have fairly earned that honor. 2d. For this result, and for the mo- derate degree of intelligence generally dis- played in the com-se of the year's exami- nations, the Council will no doubt have been prepared by the reports of the pe- riodical examinations previously held by the professors of the institution. 3d. In bringing under the notice of the Council, however, the fact that an un- favorable impression has been left on the minds of the assessors by the result of the present season, as contrasted with the degree of proficiency displayed on former occasions, it is proper to state that the fall- ing off is ascribed, in a great measure, to the natural dullness, and probable want of ardour in the larger proportion of the students themselves ; as the very successful examinations passed by a few of them have satisfied the assessors, that when the student is apt and diligent, the means of obtaining a good professional education are available at the Medical College. 4th. Besides the caution which the above remarks would appear to suggest in selecting for studentships such only of the candidates as evince a competent fami- liarity yvith the language, through the me- dium of which they are to be taught, and who are remarkable for quickness of parts as far as that can be ascertained, it is my duty to bring under the notice of the Coun- cil the circumstance that the deficiency exhibited by so large a proportion of the candidates of the present session, has not appeared to the assessors to be so much in an imperfect acquaintance with the learn- ing of their profession, as in their want of capacity in applying that learning to actual practice ; and for this defect the With reference to the results of the late exami- nation the CoUege Council are of opinion tliat the fal- ling off is more apparent than real, since two of the best students of the year, Mr. Naylor and Baboo Doorga Chm-n Banerjee, did not (from private rea- sons) present themselves for examination, and two of the pupils with Dr. Goodeve, would certainly have passed creditable ex- aminations this yeai, had they not been thus un- avoidably absent Again, the examination itself was more extended than on any previous occasion, the sub- jects of Chemistry and Me- dical Jm'isprudence hav- ing been separated from Materia Medica, and for the first time formed special matters of exami- nation. With reference to the lads who have failed, the College Coimcil have long been aware that they could not possibly have passed through such an ordeal as that to which the pupils of this Institu- tion are subjected, and that they werenaturally in- capable of acquii-iiig a pro-