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tion extending over some days, the protruded- portion 

 being wound round a stick. ■ 



Jamsetjee Jeejeeblioy Hospital. — The Jamsetjee Jee- 

 jeebhoy is one of the oldest and best known of the many 

 Bombay hospitals. It bears the name of the Parsee 

 who built it at his expense and presented it to the gov- 

 ernment in 1845, the same year that Grant Medical 

 College opened its doors to medical students. Mr. Jam- 

 setjee Jeejeebhoy was a poor man, but made a fortune 

 by buying and selling bottles nearly a century ago, 

 hence the hospital, is still well known under the name 

 of "Bottle Hospital/' Mr. Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy was 

 knighted by Queen Victoria in recognition of his many 

 deeds of charity, and a full sized statue of stone in a 

 half reclining position in the main entrance hall of 

 the hospital does honor to the memory of its founder. 

 The hospital is for the exclusive use of the native sick 

 poor and is maintained entirely at government expense-. 

 The hospital is an immense one-story stone building, 

 with accommodations for 3G0 patients. It is an old- 

 fashioned structure, which lacks many of the impor- 

 tant features of a modern hospital, and it is about time 

 that it should give way to a new building better adapted 

 for present requirements. 



Three new two-story stone pavilions were opened in 

 1892. the Sir Dinshaw Petit Hospital for diseases of 

 women and children, the Bai Motlaibai Maternity and 

 the Ophthalmic Hospital, each with a capacity for abouj; 

 forty patients. These new buildings are modern in 

 their construction, are well furnished and have excel- 

 lent little operating rooms. The nursing is also better 

 than in the old hospital. About 800 women are deliv- 

 ered annually in the Maternity Hospital, and two stu- 

 dents attend each case; this gives them an excellent 

 opportunity to become conversant with practical obstet- 

 rics. The most careful aseptic precautions are employed 

 and sepsis in in-patients is almost unknown. The de- 

 livery room has all the austere appearances and sim- 



