BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND CALCUTTA 

 GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL. 



The medical interests of Calcutta, a city of great 

 commercial importance, with nearly a million of inhabi- 

 tants, center in the Bengal Medical College and the 

 Government General Hospital; its clinical department, 

 en] lego and hospital are located on the same spacious 

 grounds artistically laid out, intersected by well-made 

 and well-kept walks and ornamented with trees, shrub- 

 bery and flowers. (Fig. 40.) Both institutions are 



Fig. 40. — Bengal Medical College, Calcutta. 



managed by officers of the Indian Medical Service, 

 who constitute the faculty of the college and attending 

 staff of the hospital, thus cementing together the didac- 

 tic and clinical teaching and uniting them practically 

 under one administration, and securing uniformity in 

 the methods of teaching and a systematic progression 

 of the courses from term to term and year to year. 



BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE. 



The Bengal Medical College was founded in 1830, 

 and from a small beginning has gradually developed 

 into a great medical school with an attendance at the 

 present time of about 600 students. The original 

 structure is an imposing, massive stone building with 



