within tlie legitimate sphere of your journal, I will state what I saw when passing through Jyepoor some few years since. Dr. Burr had then been in Jyepoor about five years, and had preceded Colonel (then Major) Price about two years. On arriving he found everything in a state of chaos. There were no native doctors, no dispensaries, no medical attendance afforded to the prisoners in the jail; a total disregard of hygiene; the most important public buildings difficult of access by reason of the bad roads ; small-pox prevailing almost endemieally ; and infanticide the most common crime, if statistics are tests of accuracy. Such was the condition of things on Dr. Burr's assuming medical charge; yet, by dint of perseverance, he overcame every obstacle. Isative doctors were engaged and instructed by him. Dispensaries were established in the most crowded localities of the city, and were daily visited and supervised by Dr. Burr. At first, like every other innovation made by a European, these improvements aroused the suspicions of the inhabitants ; but the kind manner and sound practical knowledge of Dr. Burr soon gained the confidence of the natives, not only in the city of Jyepoor itself, but also throughout the surrounding country. The great success with which he met induced him to suggest to the Maha Iiaja the advantage of establishing a Hospital and Medical School, as well as a Maternity Charity. At the time of my visit the hospital was well attended, and many of the patients had come from long distances to be operated upon. There were some twenty or thirty students, many of whom were very intelligent, and appeared to be much interested in the lecture (on surgical anatomy) which Dr. Burr was delivering, with much fluency, in Oordoo. Dr. Burr next devoted his attention to prison discipline and hygiene, and effected many reforms lastly, he superintended the construction of new roads, thereby causing many narrow streets to be done away with, to the advantage of the people generally, by affording more light, space, and air. The Maternity Charity has been Dr. Burr's greatest success, whether we regard it in a scientific or in a humane point of view. Every three or four months, one or more well educated midwives have been turned out, and the cases of infanticide, if I remember rightly, decreased, after the first year of the establishment of this institution, to 25 per cent , and went Such is a on decreasing annually in geometrical progression. very imperfect Outline of all the practical good resulting from Dr. Burr's increasing efforts; and it seems to me a pity that the labors of years, at the very time when they would have borne the best fruits, should be entirely done away with; not, I suspect, because a School of Arts is being established, but because the adviser of the Maha Raja has not supported Dr. Burr's labors in the manner which their great importance deserves.

myself simply

Yours

faithfully,

Observ.vtou. P. S.?I should also mention that vaccination was well estab-

lished, and that Dr. Burr contemplated giving to the students, during the summer session, a course of practical dentistry.

THE JYEPOOE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND MATERNITY CHARITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE

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INDIAN MEDICAL

GAZETTE."

Dear Sir,?I have read with regret that the ahove institutions ?were about to be abolished in Jyepoor, as the Maha Raja was now addressing himself to what he considered a more important educational object, being the establishment of a School of Arts. The Maha Raja, though somewhat wayward, is at heart a liberal-minded man; and it is much to be regretted that the persuasive eloquence and tact of the Political Agent have not been brought into play, with a view to prevent what may be termed such a retrograde movement in the cause of civilization. Any one interested in the advancement of philanthropic science, who, peradventure, may have visited Jyepoor, could hardly fail to be struck with the establishment of so many buildings, schools, &c., which have been erected through the energy and the harmonious working together of Dr. Burr, the Residency Surgeon, and Colonel Price, the Executive Engineer. To confine