Pleasant Hot Weather in Calcutta in 1949

Pleasant 1949-50 Winter in Calcutta and Associated Considerations

Aeroplane Accident in Calcutta

On the 16th November, 1949, at 6 minutes to ten in the morning two aeroplanes collided in mid-air over Calcutta and crashed. One of them crashed into the Calcutta Medical College compound, damaging several rooms in the north-eastern corner of the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine. The following photographs show the damage done to room No. 17 in which the editorial office is situated. Fortuna...

Studies on Blood Pressure, Height, Weight, Chest and Abdominal Measurements of 2,500 Members of the Calcutta Police with Short Notes on Their Medical Impairments

This paper presents the results of a study of the blood pressure, height, weight, chest and abdominal measurements of 2,500 members of the Calcutta Police (including members of the Calcutta Fire Brigade?who are under the administration of the Commissioner of Police) with short notes on their medical impairments. The study extended from 1947 to 1948. All these subjects were proposers for life as...

Bacterium Faecalis Alkaligenes in Calcutta

Medical Qualification and Registration

Sir,?Learning from the I.M.G., October 1948, p. 484, that lower medical qualifications might be available, I beg to state as follows : After passing the Matriculation Examination of the Calcutta University I tried to get admitted into one of the recognized medical schools in Calcutta, but getting no chance, I finally got admitted into a nonrecognized one (Presidency Medical School) in 1926 wher...