£14 AROUND THE WORLD VIA INDIA. 



graceful fluted columns and broad stone steps on the 

 side of entrance. The college, as well as the hospital 

 which in reality forms an integral part of it, had to be 

 enlarged from time to time in order to accommodate 

 the rapidly increasing number of students. The re- 

 quirements for admission and graduation correspond 

 with those of the other medical colleges of India. Sep- 

 arate laboratory buildings have been erected, well 

 adapted for the purposes for which they are intended 

 and fairly well equipped. The medical classes are very 

 much mixed, not only in nationality and color, but also 

 in the different aims pursued by the students. Thus 

 there are "regular" and "casual" students; the former 

 continue their studies for five years with a view of pass- 

 ing the final examinations for the L.M.S. or M.B. de- 

 gree ; the latter are permitted to take a partial course of 

 lectures or any department of hospital practice, with 

 the permission of the principal of the school and the 

 professor, on payment of the fees in advance at the 

 fixed rates. 



Then there are special provisions made for female 

 medical students and military pupils. Admission to 

 the female certificate course is granted by the principal, 

 provided the student has passed the preliminary arts 

 examination. Admission to the military pupil course 

 is regulated by the director-general of the Indian Medi- 

 cal Service. I am particularly anxious to define in con- 

 nection with the Bengal Medical College the status of 

 female medical students in the medical colleges of 

 India. Female students may enter: a, As regular stu- 

 dents for the university course; ~b, as female certificate 

 students; c, as casual students. The preliminary arts 

 examination required before entering is: a, The F.A., 

 Calcutta, or its equivalent ; i, the entrance, or its equiv- 

 alent; c, a student who has entered for the university 

 course may be permitted by the principal to change her 

 plans of studies at any stage, and to join the certificate 

 class instead. Female students entering as regular or 



