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DEVELOPMENT AT HUNAN-YALE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE 325New additions to the staffsta{{ this year havebeen Dr. J. II. B. Branch, Surgery andGynecology Dr. D. T.; Davidson, Medicine; Mr. J. D.Robb, Biology; Mr. A. D. Fisken, Chemistry; and Mr. F.L. Chang, Physics.A feature of the winter term has been the visit fromthe commissioners of the China Medical Board, who reachedChangsha on October 17, 1915. They were royally welcomed by citizens and officials of this city and on October18th took part in the ceremony of laying the corner stone ofthe new Hunan-Yale Hospital. Addresses were made bythe visiting members of the commission and the stone waslaid by Professor William H. Welch of Johns Hopkins.Th Hos ^^e italhospital is the gift of an AmericanYale graduate who has always been deeplyinterested in medical education, and who has provided fundsfor making what ought to prove one of China s model hospitals. Funds for the upkeep of the medical college andhospital, including the schools for men and women nurses,are provided out of the budget of the local government, andhave been paid semi-annually thus far with unfailing regularity. A number of Chinese women have shown their deepinterest in the activities of the hospital and practically serveas a women s auxiliary. Nothing has been more encouraging than this share taken by Chinese women. Among thenurses in the hospital, voluntary Bible classes are arranged,and there are frequent social occasions planned for them aswell as for the patients.