FEW British cities have a history which is equal, either in interest or importance, to that of York. Through the centuries it has been of consequence in many spheres, and its place in medical history is not without significance. St. Leonard's Hospital, founded in the City in 936, was at one time the largest hospital in England. During the medieval years many small hospitals were in existence in...

The report of this institution for the year 1873-74 indicates decided advance. The school educates pupils in English and Hindustani; 55 of the former, and 120 of the latter, studied during the year, and nine English and fire Vernacular students passed at the close of the session. There were nine free students (students not receiving a scholarship) on the roll of the English class. This circumst...

Thirty-three pupils were under instruction, at the close of the last session in April, of whom a largo proportion are Mussulmans: by next year the majority are expected to bo capable of entering the service of Government as well grounded and educated hospital assistants. English training, also, has not been neglected, for the present superintendent, Dr. Beatson, himself gives instruction in tha...

I miss medical school. This statement may provoke charges of mental instability or at least the diagnosis of a bizarre case of distorted nostalgia. After all, who could possibly yearn for the overwhelming formaldehyde odor of anatomy lab, the contorted chemical pathways of biochemistry , the mind-numbing slide review of histology lab, and the gluteus-fatiguing, cephalgia-inducing concatenation ...

THE Belfast Medical School had its origin, a little over one hundred years ago, in the establishment of a public dispensary in West Street (off Smithfield), Belfast. The aim of this dispensary was not to found a medical school, that idea developed at a later date, but to " supply free medicine and free medical attendance to the indigent poor, and also to visit them in their homes when occasion ...

and is one of only eight of its kind currently funded by the NCI (competitive renewal in 2010). This program, which has been continuously funded by the NCI for 41 years, provides a unique eight-week research experience for New Jersey Medical School's first and second-year medical students as well as undergraduate students enrolled in our combined BS/MD seven-year program. This year 21 medical s...

session, and we learn from a report submitted by the Principal Dr. James Loos that six students out of eleven who presented themselves, after having undergone a searching examination, have been found qualified to practise medicine and surgery, and have been recommended to the colonial government for a license. The subjects taught in this school are descriptive and surgical anatomy, general anat...