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as half-castes in Ceylon are designated in India by the 

 more euphonious word, Eurasians, meaning- a mixture 

 of Europeans with Asiatics. The female medical stu- 

 dents have won for themselves here, as elsewhere, an 

 enviable reputation as enthusiastic, hard workers, who, 

 when the time for graduation comes, are never found 

 at the undesirable end of the class. Their subsequent 

 professional career is often, however, a very checkered 

 one. Some receive hospital positions with small sal- 

 aries, rupees 100 to .200 ($32 to $64) a month; others 

 enter private practice, but seldom meet with great suc- 

 cess; some marry, and not a small percentage sooner 

 or later abandon their profession and turn their atten- 

 tion to some other more lucrative vocation. 



The professors are selected from the Indian Medical 

 Sendee with special reference to their aptitude to teach 

 the different branches. The principal chairs, medicine, 

 surgery and obstetrics, are occupied by men who have 

 had an extensive experience, while the primary branches, 

 especially pathology and bacteriology, are usually 

 taught by the younger members of the service. Native 

 graduates hold subordinate positions in the teaching 

 force as assistant professors, instructors, demonstra- 

 tors, tutors, etc. The professors who belong to the 

 civil branch of the Indian Medical Service receive a 

 salary according to their military rank and in addition 

 they receive some remuneration from the college for 

 their services so that, for instance, a lieutenant colonel 

 who has been in the service for 20 years may have an 

 annual income of $4,800. In the event of his death, 

 his widow receives a pension of $750 a year and each 

 of his children $150 a year, the sons until they reach 

 the age of 21 years and the daughters until they become 

 married. The pensions are provided by a fund to 

 which each officer contributes. When an. officer gets 

 married he pays into this fund 2,000 rupees ($640), 

 and 1,000 rupees ($320) after the birth of every child. 

 At the end of 25 years, on retiring, he receives a pen- 



