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Reference may be made to a few private Āyurvedic institutions referred to above. Gurukul Āyurveda University, Kangri, is the most famous and there are Āyurvedic colleges and *ṭols* where the pure Āyurvedic system is taught in the old orthodox style. But a new turn was given to the system of instruction towards the end of the nineteenth century by the efforts of a number of allopathic doctors who were also trained in Āyurvedic system and actually practised it. As a result, Aṣṭāṅga Āyurveda College with hospitals was established by Kaviraj Jaminibhusan Ray with a handsome donation and gift of land. Thereafter, the Viśvanātha Āyurveda Mahāvidyālaya, Vaidya Śāstra Pīṭha and Mahārāj Kāśimbazar Govinda Sundarī Āyurvedic College were established respectively by M. M. Kaviraj Gananath Sen, Kaviraj Syamadas Vacaspati and Kaviraj Ram Candra Mullick. It was thought fit and proper to follow a mixed syllabus, both in theory and practice, giving rise to what is known as the integrated system. It has produced a class of practitioners who use both Āyurvedic and allopathic medicines. In this way the influence of allopathy has entered into the precincts of *Āyurveda* all over the country.