Calendar: 1850-1851 Page 30

26 annual report 1850 profession it may be expected that many while on furlough will avail themselves of the very great advantages offered to them by King's College During the past year the Council have directed large share of their attention to the state of the Medical Department Well as the existing arrangements had worked they were evidently capable of improvement Accordingly the system of discipline which for some years past has been growing more efficient has been since the last Report still further improved and more completely assimilated to that already in force in other Departments of the College The appointment of permanent Dean and the indefatigable vigilance and exertions of Professor Guy who has accepted that office have contributed to the more perfect and uniform working of the system and if the experience of one year may be relied on there is every reason to believe that the recent changes will conduce not less to the comfort and convenience of the Students than to the satisfaction of Parents The conduct and industry of the great body of the Medical Students have been most satisfactory The means and appliances of teaching within the College in the form of Museums and Libraries have been largely in- creased during the last year both by donations and purchase as well as by preparations executed within the College itself and all the collections are in good state of preservation In contrast with the facilities for instruction thus provided the Council again notice with regret the limited accom- modation which the present Hospital affords The Council would by no means undervalue the usefulness of the present Hospital whether considered as charitable Institution or as an adjunct to the Medical Department But its accommo- dations are no longer adequate to either of these objects The mere want of space while it limits the number of Patients occasions almost insurmountable difficulties to any scheme for perfecting that part of the system of discipline adopted in the College which consists in the registration of the attendance on the several classes