EARLY OPHTHALMOLOGISTS IN CALCUTTA

Early Ophthalmologists in Calcutta *Reprinted from the British Journal of Ophthalmology, December, 1937.

During the regime of the Honourable East India Company the first properly organized hospital, the Calcutta General Hospital, was established in 1790 in Calcutta. This was followed in 1792 by the opening of the Calcutta Native Hospital. The former is now represented by the present Presidency General Hospital, the latter was rebuilt and re-named and is now the present Mayo Hospital which was open...

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