Genre:

Miscellaneous, Serial

Subjects:

Libraries, Institutions, Archaeology, Ethnography, Race, Religion, Education, Medical Treatment, Medical Practitioners

    Reports: 'The most copious library in Indostan is that if the university of Benares'. Relates that, while the contents of these libraries have in the past been a closely guarded secret, having only been accessed by the Bramins, the latter 'are now a days more communicative; and the scientific society of Calcutta which has consulted the monuments of India, both sacred and profane, has at length drawn aside the veil that concealed the superstition and manners of the Hindoos'. (372) Describes the apparent lack of educational literature in a middle-class Indian family. Comments: 'Most of the disorders of Europe are known in India; but medicine is a profession abandoned to those who have no other resource [...] greater confidence being placed in the goodness of the Gods than in the skill of men' (373).