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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
[July 21, 1939
diagnoses and investigation processes. Each student examines for himself material made available from the Hospital, and leaves with a knowledge of elementary bacteriological diagnosis combined with an appreciation of the mechanism of infection and immunity, spread of infection, prophylaxis and specific treatment.
17. Until 1928 the routine Bacteriology of the Hospitals was carried out in the College. It was then transferred to the Hospital Pathological Laboratories. Although specimens are obtained for demonstration purposes in the Bacteriological department, a large amount of material useful for teaching is not readily available. If full use is to be made of the Department for the instruction of students, the question of allocating all routine bacteriological examinations from the teaching beds of the Clinical Professors should be considered.
18. In each of the five departments above referred to important research work is actively conducted, instruction is exceedingly well organised, and each department, except that of Anatomy, is suitably housed.
When the new Medical College was built in 1926, the Anatomy department remained located in the old College building formerly used for offices and lecture rooms. It is hot and gloomy, as I know from experience; the lay-out is inconvenient, and it is now too small. A project is under consideration to re-condition the present building, and, by utilising space available in a separate building nearby, recently vacated by the Government Analyst, to provide additional accommodation which is now necessary. The Anatomy department seems fated to occupy buildings which have become unsuitable for other departments, and this time, the project is carried out, there will be added the disadvantage of locating the department in two buildings. It is to be hoped that this is not a permanent arrangement, that better counsels will prevail, and that a new building will shortly be erected wherein a modern department can be housed.
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19. The Keith Museum is a College institution located in the new College building. The records show that from 1905 to 1917 Dr. Keith, in whose memory the museum is named, collected specimens and mounted them for teaching purposes. After he
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