Gleanings from the travelogue of the traveller Nicholas Seen

The traveller Nicholas Senn, visited India in the early part of this century, to make detailed enquiries about the development of medical science, general education and to obtain proficiency in the professions and arts. According to him revolutionary changes were taking place day to day in research and discoveries in the fields of science and also in the practice of medicine and surgery at the time. Scientific work was no longer confined to a favoured institutions, it may be seen in all parts of the civilized globe. A personal acquaintance with men who have earned a well-merited reputation in the advancement of medical profession is a source of great gratification and excites a new interest in the work he has accomplished.