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110 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT medical schools of England Nor must omit to mention that the Jacksonian Prize has been awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons to one of our Staff formerly pupil here and now one of the Assistant Surgeons of the Hospital-Mr Henry Lee No changes of any importance have taken place in the Medical Staff since the last Report The Library and Museums have received several additions by gift or purchase Among the donations to the Museums must particularly mention small collection of preparations presented by Dr James Reid Other valuable additions have been made by the Professors by the Curator and by Students am also particularly requested to acknowledge the services rendered to the Curator last summer by Mr VV Headland Medical Student in arranging the Herbaria and by Mr Watson Student of the Department of Applied Sciences with the Geological Collection An important means of instruction has moreover been added to the Museum in the form of Microscope with series of microscopic prepa- rations King's College Hospital continues to realize all the ex- pectations with which it was established As charity it confers great benefits on the poor and crowed neighbourhood which surrounds it and indeed on the whole metropolis from every part of which it attracts Patients As place of edu- cation it has proved equally successful But the narrow and imperfect accommodation which it affords is becoming more and more painfully apparent with the rapid increase of Patients and of Pupils The building which did not offer all the accommodation we required when its Patients did not much exceed 000 in the year and the annual entry of Students fell short of 50 now that the number of its patients exceeds 22 000 and the yearly entry of Students is increased by nearly one-half is utterly inadequate The necessity of larger and more commodious building has therefore forced itself upon the attention of the public and great efforts are being made to supply the deficiency friend of the Hos-