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RAM LALL'S PROFESSIOHAL CAREER. 149 the eye operations for cataracts was seldom performed in these Provinces, and it was through the labour and industry of Dr. J. Jones and Ram Lall'a large number of cataract cases was operated on. This gave an im- petus to this kind of surgical relief which has since been adopted on a large scale in several dispensa- ries in these Provinces. The^second circumstance of note was that a mid- wifery class was opened in connection with the Dispen- sary. It was thought by such high authority as Dr. W. Walker, the late Inspector General of Civil Hospi- tals and dispensaries N.W.P., and Oudh, that the train- ing of mid-wives for the benefit of women of these Pro- vinces was a great want. Ram Lall took this matter into his head and opened the mid-wifery class which was en- tirely under his control. It was supported by the liber- ality of the native gentlemen of that city and was a com- plete success under Ram Lall's fostering care. He worked for the class without any remuneration, and it was only through his exertions that the whole native community was induced to subscribe towards its. maintenance. The following extracts from the official records bear testimony to the services rendered by the subject by our sketch. EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT ON THE DISPENSARIES OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES FOR THE TEAR 1872. To Thb SUPERINTENDENT At.t.ah>w at Dispensaries. Dated Allahabad, the llh Novembar, 1873. Sib, I have to request the favor of your communicating to Sub-Assis- tant Surgeon Ram Lall Cbuokerbutty, the annexed extraot of G. O. No. 897A., dated 22nd ultimo in the Medical Department. (Sd.) ' W. WALKER, Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals and Dispensaries N. W, Provinces.