July 21, 1939]
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
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left the museum gradually fell into a state of decay. In 1926 I called attention to the absence of organisation and lack of specimens, and suggested the appointment of a Curator. Prior to this date no staff had been attached to the Museum. An Honorary Curator (the Professor of Bacteriology) and a Museum Committee appointed in 1931 undertook a long process of reorganisation, handicapped throughout as trained help was not provided or was not sufficient. And in 1934, eight years after my first comment, I reported that though some improvement had resulted, more attention should be devoted to its development. It is gratifying to be able to record in this Report that great improvements have since been effected, improvements for which great credit is due to the Honorary Curator. There is, however, much to be done to make the Museum an integral and indispensable part of the provision made by the College for the advantage of students. The help given to the Curator is still inadequate, and if development is to proceed and the pace be accelerated, more assistance is required.
20. In the last three years (fourth, fifth and sixth) clinical studies are continuous throughout, associated with the other subjects of the curriculum. In the fourth year instruction is given in Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Bacterio- logy, and General Pathology, which form the subjects of the third professional examination.
21. Instruction in Materia Medica and Pharmacy is provided in the department of Pharmaceutics, which is primarily engaged in training pharmacists for local employment. It is administered by the Principal of the College, and is in charge of qualified chemists. Since 1934 the lectures and practical classes for medical students have been considerably shortened with advantage, and the time devoted to lectures on applied Pharmacology, Therapeutics, and Dietetics, a new and valuable course introduced and given by the Associate Professor of Medicine.
Bacteriology has already been referred to.
22. Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Instruction in Pathology is provided outside the College in the Pathology laboratories, which are part of the Hospital organisation under the administra- tion of the Director of Medical Services. The laboratories are in
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