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In 1886 the Council resolved to meet the great demand which existed at that time and has since increased for courses of lectures and practical instruction in Bacteriology. Mr. Crookshank, a former pupil of King's College, accepted the Lectureship, the first appointment of its kind in this country, and accommodation for practical instruction was provided in one of the class-rooms of the Physiological Laboratory.
The success of these classes was so great that the Council resolved to provide special and permanent accommodation for the courses of instruction, and to grant facilities also for original research. For this purpose the Council created a department distinct from that of Physiology, and one of the largest lecture-rooms in the College, admirably adapted for microscopical work, was converted into a teaching and research laboratory and lecture-room, and additional rooms were built for the Professor and to complete the necessary accommodation.
The Laboratory was duly licensed for research, and Mr. Crookshank was promoted to the newly-created professorial Chair; and with the aid of a contribution from him of £1,000 towards the expenses of the Laboratory, the Council were able, without any loss of time, to completely equip the Laboratory with all the fittings, instruments, and material necessary for the investigation of the diseases of man and the lower animals. and for the study of Bacteriology in all its applications.
To enter as a pupil, or for the purpose of undertaking original investigation, it is not necessary to have had any previous connection with King's College. The Labora- tory has been opened to all, and, as set forth in the original syllabus, special inducements were offered from the very first to medical men in practice, medical officers of health, analysts, medical and veterinary officers of the Services, and any others whose duties might prevent a daily attendance.
It will be a source of satisfaction and gratification to the Council to learn that, from the foundation six years ago up to the date of this Report, the number of students qualified and unqualified who have entered the Laboratory for instruction or for re- search amounts to 419. This number comprises general practitioners, army and navy surgeons, medical officers of health, analysts, biologists, veterinary surgeons, and veterinary and medical students. A few have previously been connected with the College or Hospital; a great number have been qualified medical men from the United States; others have come from New South Wales, Queensland. Tasmania, China, India, Ceylon, Chili, Cape of Good Hope, and Trinidad; and if the medical officers of the army and navy on leave from foreign service are added to this list, they will serve to illustrate how widely the Laboratory is known, and the Council will realise still more fully bow great a want existed, and that it has been met by their action.
It will be still more gratifying to refer somewhat in detail to the work done in the Laboratory as regards original research and work on behalf of the State. Among the first to make use of the Laboratory in connection with work for the Government may be mentioned Professor Brown, C.B., of the Board of Agriculture. The Hon. H. N. MacLaurin, M.D., President of the Board of Health, New South Wales, passed through a course of instruction, and paid special attention to actinomycosis. On his return he continued his observations, and published them in the Official Reports of the Board. Mr. Park, Government Veterinary Surgeon, Tasmania, came over to study Bacteriology, particularly actinomycosis and tuberculosis, and was thus enabled to make valuable reports and suggestions at the Australasian Stock Conference. Professor Anderson Stuart, of Sydney, passed through a special course of instruction, and investigated the tubercle bacillus, preparatory to proceeding to Berlin to study Koch's treatment of phthisis. His researches were published in an exhaustive Report to the Government, and the assistance which he received in this Laboratory was acknowledged in the pre- face to his report.
Professor Dixon, of Philadelphia, entered as a pupil in the Laboratory, and laid the foundation of several interesting and valuable papers.
Dr. Wynne, of London, after a course of practical study, commenced original work, and investigated the microscopical appearances in a case of actinomycosis in man, and published his investigations in the St. Bartholomew's Hospital Reports.
Dr. Campbell, of Missouri, has published a paper on the micro-organisms of malaria, and duly acknowledged the assistance received in this Laboratory.
Sir Hugh Beevor, of London, has investigated the conditions under which the tubercle bacillus can be cultivated, and has published a preliminary account, in the "Transactions of the Pathological Society"; and Dr. Phineas Abraham, of London, made use of this Laboratory in investigating the effect of tuberculin.
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Dr. Damman, of Melbourne, investigated the micro-organisms of the skin and published an account in the "British Medical Journal," and has since been appointed to assist Professor Lankester at Oxford.
Dr. Sibley, of London, investigated tuberculosis in snakes, and published his results in the "British Medical Journal" and the "Transactions of the Pathological Society." Dr. Hewlett, of London, has investigated the pathology of Madura Foot, and published an account in the " Lancet."
Important researches have been carried out on behalf of the Agricultural Depart- ment of the Privy Council-now the Board of Agriculture and Professor Crookshank, who undertook these researches, received in 1890 the thanks of the Privy Council. The results were published in the following reports:—
1. Report on the so-called Hendon Cow Disease and its relation to Scarlet Fever in
Man.
2. Report on a Micro-organism alleged to be the contagium of Scarlet Fever.
3. Report on Anthrax in Swine.
4. Report on Tubercular Manumitis in Cows and the Infectivity of the Milk.
5. Report on Actinomycosis in Cattle in Great Britain.
6. Report on Actinomycosis in Man in Great Britain.
7. Report on Actinomycosis in Cattle in Foreign Countries.
8. Report on Actinomycosis in Man in Foreign Countries.
9. Report on Cowpox and Horsepox.
Professor Crookshank has contributed other researches to the medical papers, and conjointly with Mr. Herroun has published, in the "Proceedings of the Physiological Society," An investigation into the Chemical and Physiological Properties of the Pro- ducts of the Tubercle Bacillus," and at the request of Sir Joseph Lister he has investi- gated the effects of corrosive sublimate and carbolic acid, and other disinfectants, upon the micro-organism of erysipelas. This and other investigations formed the subject of several papers read at the International Congress of Hygiene.
The Council will see from this Report that original investigation has been a very important part of the work conducted in the Laboratory of King's College since its foundation; but as a department of King's College, it is especially necessary at the present time to lay stress upon the fact that it has occupied and still retains a unique position in this country as a teaching institution. It was not only the first laboratory established, but it always has been, and still is, in marked contrast to the bacteriological laboratories attached to the pathological department of some of the medical schools, in that systematic courses of instruction are regularly given throughout the whole academi- cal year and are open to any one.
It is a public laboratory, and as such has already attracted a large number of workers, not only from London and the provinces, but from our colonies and other
countries.
It only remains to refer to the prospect for the ensuing year: The entry up to the present for the Winter Session is 40, and consists of the following gentlemen :--
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1. Dr. Plimmer
2. Mr. Cargill, F.R.C.S.
3. Dr. Macann
4. Dr. Weld
5. Mr. Thorp, B.Sc. (Lond.)
6. Dr. Elias
Sydenham. London.
Madras.
London.
New York.
New Barnet.
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Brigade-Surgeon Brockman, F.R.C.S.
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Dr. Taylor
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Dr. Freeland
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Dr. Moore
11. Dr. Tothill
12. Dr. Batchelor
13. Dr. Dow
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Dr. Ruddock
15. Dr. Herbert Fox
16. Dr. Jacobs
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Dr. Smyth
18. Dr. Jack
19. Dr. Tomlinson
20. Dr. Grenny
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London.
Staines
New Zealand.
Hampstead.
Assam.
London.
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London.
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Tooting. Hyderabad.
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