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From the Report signed by Professors Curnow and Simpson, it will be seen that owing to the fact of Professor Curnow being also the Senior Visiting Physician to the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital, the students of this College have had unusual facili- ties for clinical instruction in Tropical Diseases. Professor Simpson, who is the Pro- fessor of Hygiene, was the late Health Officer of Calcutta, and has very special know- ledge of the diseases prevalent in India.
I am to call your special attention to the Report by Professor Crookshank, the Direc- tor of the Bacteriological Laboratory. You will observe that for many years medical officers serving in tropical countries have largely availed themselves of this Laboratory, and many of them now hold important posts in the public service abroad. The names of those working in 1892 and a description of the work done is given in the enclosed printed Report which is supplemented by a list of medical men serving in the Colonies and tropical climates who have passed through the Laboratory since that date.
The Laboratory is practically always full, but the Council would be glad to make special arrangements for qualified men who are selected for vacancies in the Colonial Medical Service, in order to further the object which the Secretary of State has in view.
The Council trust that the Government would be willing, in any arrangements they may eventually make, to recognise instruction given in the Bacteriological La- boratory of King's College as a qualifying course in Tropical Medicine.
DEAR SIR
Enclosure 1 in No. 105.
I am,
&c.,
A. ROBERTSON,
Principal.
King's College, London, W.C., November 2, 1898.
In reply to your letter of October 26th, we have to report to the Medical Com- mittee of the Council that the teaching of Tropical Diseases referred to in the letter of the Secretary of State for the Colonies is carried out at King's College and King's College Hospital as follows:-
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1. CLINICAL MEDICINE. For many years Professor Curnow has taken such students as were candidates for the Army, Navy, or Colonial service, or who expected to practise abroad to the Dreadnought Seamen's Hos- pital at Greenwich, of which he is the Senior Visiting Physician, and has shown them the cases of tropical diseases under treatment at that in- stitution. He has also occasionally in his course of clinical lectures at King's College Hospital, included cases of tropical diseases, e.g., beri-beri, dysentery, sprue, leprosy, malarial fever, etc., when such diseases could be demonstrated to the students:
2. HYGIENE. Professor Simpson, in his systematic course of lectures on
Hygiene, lays great stress on Tropical Hygiene.
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3. BACTERIOLOGY and PATHOLOGY. We are aware that Professor Crookshank and his demonstrators are continually teaching on those subjects in reference to tropical diseases, and that the laboratory is fully equipped with the necessary apparatus and material for teaching such diseases. Their students include medical men from all parts of the world. We would ask the Committee to obtain from Professor Crookshank a de- tailed report on the subject.
4. We would assure the Medical Committee that we would be most pleased to
develop this teaching in any feasible manner.
Walter Smith, Esq.,
King's College.
Secretary,
We are, &c.,
JOHN CURNOW, M.D. W. J. SIMPSON.
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Enclosure 2 in No. 105,
Bacteriological Department, King's College, London, W.C. ·
November 8, 1898.
DEAR SIR,
In reply to your letter dated this day, I have the honour to report to the Medical Committee of the Council that the teaching of the causes and prevention of tropical diseases constitutes a most important part of the work of my Department. The train- ing of colonial medical men, and of medical officers of the Army and Navy on leave from the colonies has been carried out since the foundation of the Laboratory twelve
years ago.
I beg to enclose a Report to the Council in 1892, and to draw the attention of the Medical Committee to the marked paragraphs.* This Report sufficiently indicates that our students are qualified medical men from all parts of the world, and that diseases of tropical climates such as malaria, madura foot, etc.. were especially the subjects of original research.
Since the date of this Report of 1892, we have had from 100 to 170 students annually, and the total number of students who have availed themselves of the facilities for instruction and research now considerably exceeds 1,000. By far the greater num-. ber of these students continue to be medical men from the colonies, or medical men who are qualifying for work in the colonies, and have been especially instructed in the bacteriology of cholera, plague, malaria, and other tropical diseases.
By long experience we know exactly what is required by these students, and we have here all the materials and facilities for teaching these subjects, and for training in the methods of original investigation for which there is still a wide field in connection with tropical diseases. The College has also granted a Special Certificate for those who have passed through a complete course of instruction and to my satisfaction.
I would strongly urge that support should be given to Mr. Chamberlain's scheme. I am strongly of opinion that no candidate for service in the colonies should be ac- cepted unless he has passed through a special course of training in tropical diseases, and this must of necessity include a thorough practical training in bacteriological methods with instruction in the serum treatment and all that relates to the prevention, and if possible, the stamping out of these diseases.
I shall be very glad to co-operate in any way, either by extending, as in the past, a special welcome to colonial medical men who desire to be trained in this Laboratory, or by joining in any fresh scheme of lectures and practical instruction.
To Walter Smith, Esq..
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Secretary.
Yours, &c.,
EDGAR M. CROOKSHANK,
Professor.
REPORT to the Council of King's College, Lordon, on the Bacteriological Department. The rapid development of Bacteriology has been one of the most remarkable events in the history of medical progress during recent years. Ten years ago Bacteriology was only represented by researches which excited scientific interest when published, but the subject did not form a part of the training of a medical student, nor was any knowledge of it regarded as essential to the general medical practitioner.
The discoveries which rapidly followed in Germany and France, and the establish- ment of classes of instruction for medical practitioners and scientists in Germany, created a demand for similar instruction in this country. During the past five years that demand has increased, until Bacteriology has come to be recognised and taught as a distinct branch of medical science; and in London and the provinces opportunities for carrying on original research have been provided at Public Health Institutions and in the Medical Schools.
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From the report which follows of the work of the Bacteriological Laboratory of King's College, for the six years since its foundation, it will be seen that not only was King's College the pioneer in providing a laboratory devoted to this special branch of medical education, but the Laboratory continues to maintain a unique position in giving systematic teaching on this subject in England.
* Paragraphs 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 17,