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Calcutta Medical College - original B&W by unknown, circa 1899
This page takes you through a stroll along the promenade of historical times through paintings and photographs of the Calcutta Medical College. Collected from across the globe by an alumnus , the pictures are a graphic and moving account of the evolution of a glorious institution which merged seamlessly with the cultural awakening of modern Bengal or the so called Bengali renaissance. The Company Medical School by Vendis is available to be bought at an auction from Christie's. Note that the headers in this site highlight the different faces of the flagship building of the Calcutta Medical College as it evolved from 1852. You are welcome to contribute to this page by sending us photos from other historical archives.
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MCESA UK has published a book on the history of the Calcutta Medical College, '' ‘Lector – Si Monumentum Requiris, Circumspice’. Reader - If you seek the monument look around you. A short history of our glorious Alma Mater 1835 - 1960''., officially launched in Reunion 2015. Please get in touch for a copy. A short film on the history of the Calcutta Medical College can also be found on this page.
Some rare photographs
The Albert Hall aka Coffee House - first classes of Medical College started here in 1835
The Petty Court Jail premises in 1836; the first purpose built home of the College
Company Medical School 1830s by Vendis (this looks more like the building in 1850s)
Article in Lancet By H Goodeve 1838
Madhusudan Gupta's translation of Hooper's Anatomist's Vade-Mecum 1840
BMJ article by S C Goodeve Chuckerbutty 1862
Foundation stone of the Calcutta Medical College Hospital building 1848
Very rare original sepia of the main building under construction 1851
Coverage of the grand inauguration of the main building by the Illustrated London News 1852
Question paper in Medicine 1852-1853
The first systematic study of snake venom toxicology by J Fayrer, professor of Surgery in the College 1859
Operative surgery treatise by K McLeod, professor of Surgery in the College 1885
           Eden Hospital 1885 and 1925
                                    Picture post cards 1854 and 1901(reprints)                                      The Prince of Wales Hospital 1911                                                                                                                                                    aka David Hare Block
U N Brahmachari's work with Kala Azar published in BMJ 1908 and his subsequent work won him a nomination for the Nobel Prize
Leonard Rodgers and his School of Tropical Medicine 1919 where work with cholera earned him a nomination for the Nobel Prize
S N De's work with the enterotoxin of the Vibrio cholerae published in Nature 1953 led to a nomination for the Nobel Prize
Danrao Pathikbar - Stop O Traveller; a film on the heritage of the Calcutta Medical College
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