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The earlier history of the Hong Kong College of Medicine was covered in yesterday's article, and special reference was made to Dr. Sun Yat-sen's connection with the College, as he was one of its first students, qualifying as a Licentiate in 1892.

Although by 1910 it had passed out 31 licentiates and had enrolled some 100 students, the College of Medicine had still no buildings of its own. Students lived in their own homes or in lodgings, and lectures and clinical teaching were arranged in some nine hospitals and other institutions scattered throughout the city. In 1905 Government had offered a site to the Court of the College and in 1907 Mr. Ng Li-hing had offered $50,000 towards a building. Mr. Tang Cheuk-kai had given $10,000, and in 1908 the Court of the College had made an appeal for further funds.

About this time the scheme for establishing a University in Hong Kong was taking shape, and Lord Lugard felt that the University and College of Medicine might be combined. The College Court was approached and welcomed the larger scheme, offering to amalgamate the College in the University. The site was given up; with his consent, Mr. Ng Li-hing's endowment was diverted to the University scheme, the Court's programme was abandoned, and their appeal was devoted to the endowment of the University.

When the Hong Kong University was opened on March 11, 1912, it started with an annual income of £9,000, the main University building and a house for the Vice-Chancellor.

The School of Anatomy was opened in 1913, being built and equipped out of the Ng Li-hing donation to the College of Medicine. In 1917 Mr. Chan Kai-ming gave $50,000 which enabled the University to erect and equip the School of Pathology. About the same time Mr. Ho Fook and Mr. Ho Kom-tong each gave $50,000 and the Schools of Physiology and Tropical Medicine were built and equipped. In 1915 Sir Robert Ho Tung gave $50,000 towards the cost of the teaching staff of the Faculty: He provided that not less than $2,000 per annum of the interest was to go towards the remuneration of the incumbent of a Chair tenable at the Government Civil Hospital to be called the Ho Tung Chair of Clinical Surgery.

The University Ordinance of 1911 conferred power to incorporate the College of Medicine, and seven members of the Court of the College became life members of the Court of the University.

On July 12, 1912, the Council of the University decided to make seventeen part-time appointments in the Faculty of Medicine. The first holder of the Ho Tung Chair of Clinical Surgery was Dr. Martyn Lobb, a local practitioner, but he resigned in June 1915 and in October of that year Mr. K. H. Digby was appointed to the post. In February 1918, a chair of chemistry was created and in March 1919 a professorship of pathology. June of the same year saw the creation of a lectureship in biology. In 1920 a tutorship in the out-patients department of the Government Civil Hospital was created, also a lectureship in clinical obstetrics. The latter post was held by the Government Medical Officer in charge of the Maternity Department of the Civil Hospital. In 1922-23 the Rockefeller Foundation endowed three clinical chairs in surgery, medicine and obstetrics, the endowment in each case being Hong Kong $250,000.

The Rockefeller scheme involved the creation of a separate chair of anatomy (previously the Chairs of Anatomy and Surgery had been combined). The scheme also entailed the appointment of full-time assistants in surgery, medicine, obstetrics, anatomy, physiology and pathology, also the appointment of a house obstetrician. The Clinical Professors are now gazetted respectively as Surgeon, Physician and Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to the Government Civil Hospital, besides being consultants to Government. It might be noted that last year there were 162 students in the Faculty of Medicine.

The Department of Surgery and Anatomy had for some ten years to share the same premises, but at the beginning of 1933, the University, having then in hand some balances, the results of accrued savings, the

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COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (Contd.) 7648 The earlier history of the Hong Kong College of Medicine was covered in yesterday's article, and special reference was made to Dr. Sun Yat-sen's connection with the College, as he was one of its first students, qualifying as a Licentiate in 1892. Although by 1910 it had passed out 31 licentiates and had enrolled some 100 students, the College of Medicine had still no buildings of its own. Students lived in their own homes or in lodgings, and lectures and clinical teaching were arranged in some nine hospitals and other institutions scattered throughout the city. In 1905 Government had offered a site to the Court of the College and in 1907 Mr. Ng Li-hing had offered $50,000 towards a building. Mr. Tang Cheuk-kai had given $10,000, and in 1908 the Court of the College had made an appeal for further funds. About this time the scheme for establishing a University in Hong Kong was taking shape, and Lord Lugard felt that the University and College of Medicine might be combined. The College Court was approached and welcomed the larger scheme, offering to amalgamate the College in the University. The site was given up; with his consent, Mr. Ng Li-hing's endowment was diverted to the University scheme, the Court's programme was abandoned, and their appeal was devoted to the endowment of the University. When the Hong Kong University was opened on March 11, 1912, it started with an annual income of £9,000, the main University building and a house for the Vice-Chancellor. The School of Anatomy was opened in 1913, being built and equipped out of the Ng Li-hing donation to the College of Medicine. In 1917 Mr. Chan Kai-ming gave $50,000 which enabled the University to erect and equip the School of Pathology. About the same time Mr. Ho Fook and Mr. Ho Kom-tong each gave $50,000 and the Schools of Physiology and Tropical Medicine were built and equipped. In 1915 Sir Robert Ho Tung gave $50,000 towards the cost of the teaching staff of the Faculty: He provided that not less than $2,000 per annum of the interest was to go towards the remuneration of the incumbent of a Chair tenable at the Government Civil Hospital to be called the Ho Tung Chair of Clinical Surgery. The University Ordinance of 1911 conferred power to incorporate the College of Medicine, and seven members of the Court of the College became life members of the Court of the University. On July 12, 1912, the Council of the University decided to make seventeen part-time appointments in the Faculty of Medicine. The first holder of the Ho Tung Chair of Clinical Surgery was Dr. Martyn Lobb, a local practitioner, but he resigned in June 1915 and in October of that year Mr. K. H. Digby was appointed to the post. In February 1918, a chair of chemistry was created and in March 1919 a professorship of pathology. June of the same year saw the creation of a lectureship in biology. In 1920 a tutorship in the out-patients department of the Government Civil Hospital was created, also a lectureship in clinical obstetrics. The latter post was held by the Government Medical Officer in charge of the Maternity Department of the Civil Hospital. In 1922-23 the Rockefeller Foundation endowed three clinical chairs in surgery, medicine and obstetrics, the endowment in each case being Hong Kong $250,000. The Rockefeller scheme involved the creation of a separate chair of anatomy (previously the Chairs of Anatomy and Surgery had been combined). The scheme also entailed the appointment of full-time assistants in surgery, medicine, obstetrics, anatomy, physiology and pathology, also the appointment of a house obstetrician. The Clinical Professors are now gazetted respectively as Surgeon, Physician and Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to the Government Civil Hospital, besides being consultants to Government. It might be noted that last year there were 162 students in the Faculty of Medicine. The Department of Surgery and Anatomy had for some ten years to share the same premises, but at the beginning of 1933, the University, having then in hand some balances, the results of accrued savings, the

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COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (Contd.) 7648 The earlier history of the HongKong College of Medicine was covered in yesterday's article, and special reference was made to Dr. Sun Yat-sen's connection with the College, as he was one of its first students, qualifying as a Licentiate in 1892. Although by 1910 it had passed out 31 licentiates and had enrolled some 100 students, the College of Medicine had still no buildings of its own. Students lived in their own homes or in lodgings, and lectures and clinical teaching were arranged in some nine hospitals and other institutions scattered throughout the city. In 1905 Government had offered a site to the Court of the College and in 1907 Mr. Ng Li-hing had offered $50,000 towards a building. Mr. Tang Cheuk- kai had given $10,000, and in 1908 the Court of the College had made an appeal for further funds. About this time the scheme for establishing a University in HongKong was taking shape, and Lord Lugard felt that the University and College of Medicine might be combined. The College Court was approached and welcomed the larger scheme, offering to amalgamate the College in the University. The site was given up; with his consent, Mr. Ng Li-hing's endowment was diverted to the University scheme, the Court's programme was abandoned, and their appeal was devoted to the endowment of the University. When the HongKong University was opened on March 11, 1912, it started with an annual income of £9,000, the main University building and a house for the Vice-Chancellor. The School of Anatomy was opened in 1913, being built and equipped cat of the Ng Li-hing donation to the College of Medicine. In 1917 Mr. Chan Kai-ming gave $50,000 which enabled the University to erect and equip the School of Pathology. About the same time Mr. Ho Fook and Mr. Ho Kom-tong each gave $50,000 and the Schools of Physiology and Tropical Medicine were built and equipped. In 1915 Sir Robert Ho Tung gave $50,000 towards the cost of the teaching staff of the Faculty: He provided that not less than $2,000 per annum of the interest was to go towards the remuneration of the incumbent of a Chair tenable at the Government Civil Hospital to be called the Ho Tung Chair of Clinical Surgery. The University Ordinance of 1911 conferred power to incorporate the College of Medicine, and seven members of the Court of the College became life members of the Court of the University. On July 12, 1912, the Council of the University decided to make venteen part-time appointments in the Faculty of Medicine. The first holder of the Ho Tung Chair of Clinical surgery was Dr. Martyn Lobb, a local practitioner, but he resigned in June 1915hand in October of that year Mr. K. H. Digby was appointed to the post. In February 1918, a chair of chemistry was created and in March 1919 a professorship of pathology. June of the same year saw the creation of a lectureship in biology. In 1920 a tutorship in the out-patients department of the overnment Civil Hospital was created, also a lectureship in clinical obstetrics. The latter post was held by the Government Medical Officer in charge of the Maternity Department of the Civil Hospital. In 1922- 23 the Rockéfeller Foundation endowed three clinical chairs in surgery, medicine and obstetrics, the endowment in each case being HongKong $250,000. S The Rockefeller scheme involved the creation of a separate chair of anatomy, (Previously the Chairs of Anatomy and Surgery had been combined.) The scheme also entailed the appointment of full-time assistants in surgery, medicine obstetrics, anatomy, physiology and pathology, also the appointment of a house obstetrician. The Clinical Professors are now gazetted respectively as Surgeon, Physician and Cbstetrician and Gynaecologist to the Government Civil Hospital, hsides being "onsultants to Government. It might be noted that last. Your there were 162 students in the Faculty of Medicine. The Department of Surgery and Anatomy had for some ten years to share the same premises, but at the beginning of 1933, the University, having then in hand some balances, the results of accrued savings, the

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COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

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The earlier history of the HongKong College of Medicine was covered in yesterday's article, and special reference was made to Dr. Sun Yat-sen's connection with the College, as he was one of its first students, qualifying as a Licentiate in 1892.

Although by 1910 it had passed out 31 licentiates and had enrolled some 100 students, the College of Medicine had still no buildings of its own. Students lived in their own homes or in lodgings, and lectures and clinical teaching were arranged in some nine hospitals and other institutions scattered throughout the city. In 1905 Government had offered a site to the Court of the College and in 1907 Mr. Ng Li-hing had offered $50,000 towards a building. Mr. Tang Cheuk- kai had given $10,000, and in 1908 the Court of the College had made an appeal for further funds.

About this time the scheme for establishing a University in HongKong was taking shape, and Lord Lugard felt that the University and College of Medicine might be combined. The College Court was approached and welcomed the larger scheme, offering to amalgamate the College in the University. The site was given up; with his consent, Mr. Ng Li-hing's endowment was diverted to the University scheme, the Court's programme was abandoned, and their appeal was devoted to the endowment of the University.

When the HongKong University was opened on March 11, 1912, it started with an annual income of £9,000, the main University building and a house for the Vice-Chancellor.

The School of Anatomy was opened in 1913, being built and equipped cat of the Ng Li-hing donation to the College of Medicine. In 1917 Mr. Chan Kai-ming gave $50,000 which enabled the University to erect and equip the School of Pathology. About the same time Mr. Ho Fook and Mr. Ho Kom-tong each gave $50,000 and the Schools of Physiology and Tropical Medicine were built and equipped. In 1915 Sir Robert Ho Tung gave $50,000 towards the cost of the teaching staff of the Faculty: He provided that not less than $2,000 per annum of the interest was to go towards the remuneration of the incumbent of a Chair tenable at the Government Civil Hospital to be called the Ho Tung Chair of Clinical Surgery.

The University Ordinance of 1911 conferred power to incorporate the College of Medicine, and seven members of the Court of the College became life members of the Court of the University.

On July 12, 1912, the Council of the University decided to make venteen part-time appointments in the Faculty of Medicine. The first holder of the Ho Tung Chair of Clinical surgery was Dr. Martyn Lobb, a local practitioner, but he resigned in June 1915hand in October of that year Mr. K. H. Digby was appointed to the post. In February 1918, a chair of chemistry was created and in March 1919 a professorship of pathology. June of the same year saw the creation of a lectureship in biology. In 1920 a tutorship in the out-patients department of the overnment Civil Hospital was created, also a lectureship in clinical obstetrics. The latter post was held by the Government Medical Officer in charge of the Maternity Department of the Civil Hospital. In 1922- 23 the Rockéfeller Foundation endowed three clinical chairs in surgery, medicine and obstetrics, the endowment in each case being HongKong $250,000.

The Rockefeller scheme involved the creation of a separate chair of anatomy, (Previously the Chairs of Anatomy and Surgery had been combined.) The scheme also entailed the appointment of full-time assistants in surgery, medicine obstetrics, anatomy, physiology and pathology, also the appointment of a house obstetrician. The Clinical Professors are now gazetted respectively as Surgeon, Physician and Cbstetrician and Gynaecologist to the Government Civil Hospital, hsides being "onsultants to Government. It might be noted that last. Your there were 162 students in the Faculty of Medicine.

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