Our Founder Father Augustus Muller S J , a brief biographical note. In the golden pages of the history of mankind, Fr. Muller’s name shines bright, inspiring men of goodwill to works of charity to the poorest of the poor.Handpicked by Fr. Angelo Mutti to be one of the first teachers at a new college in Mangalore, Fr. Muller landed in India never to return home. After spending a year as parish priest in Calicut, he began teaching French and Mathematics, at St. Aloysius having mastered both at Fordham, U.S.A. Though he was strict in discipline, his heart melted at the sight of poverty and ignorance. Fr. Muller was also a trained homoeopath, having studied the subject under two of the most eminent doctors in Paris. His medicines worked extremely well with the students whom he treated for a variety of ailments. Soon, elders too joined a long line of patients.   As their number increased, Fr. Muller bought about 2 acres of land in Kankanady from Mr. Subraya Bhat and opened a second clinic there. Thus was born ‘Homoeopathic Poor Dispensary’ of Kankanady. Fr. Muller began here, under a banyan tree - an endeavour of succor which has blossomed into a full-fledged post-graduate institute of medical education and research, both in allopathy and homoeopathy. Clinical facilities include a 800 bed hospital with a team of dedicated doctors, nurses and the Sisters of Charity. The College of Homoeopathy trains young doctors in the mould of their master, Fr. Muller. In 1880, leprosy was regarded as a curse, lepers were ostracized and thrown out of family life. Two young men in 1883 did the same: they brought their mothers, affected with leprosy, to the Jesuits at Jeppu Asylum. Bewildered but not heartless, the Jesuits accommodated her there. It was only in 1890 that Fr. Cavadini asked Fr. Muller to try homoeopathy for the lepers. So Muller shifted them to Kankanady.Thus was born St. Joseph’s Leprosy Hospital. Fr. Muller tried homeopathy, but was not successful. So he turned to allopathy. Thus allopathy and homeopathy came into coexistence of sympathy for these poor afflicted. The patients were housed in two buildings, one for men, another for women, on either side of the chapel. Just as the hospital was growing, catering to the medical needs of the poor, Bubonic plague struck. Fr. Muller opened a new section exclusively for these victims. So great was his commitment that a band of youngsters came forward to form a semi-religious congregation to assist him. Their leader, Lorsu Fernandes was sent to Madras for LIM in medicine and served the hospital for 53 long years, till his death in 1936. Surely Fr. Muller drew his strength from his compassion for the poor. As the hospital grew slowly, more and more qualified people came to help him, more buildings were added and Sisters of Charity showed interest. But compassion for the poor remained the cornerstone of his philosophy. No wonder that in 1905 Pope Pius X received Dr. Lorsu Fernandes in private audience and gave his blessings for “the hospital for poor lepers in Mangalore” Nearly 32 years with this work exhausted the frail health of this benign master. In 1910 he suffered complication in asthma. A long sea trip to Colombo and Calcutta, then to Darjeeling, did not help. He returned to Mangalore on October 27 and died peacefully on November 1, 1910, on the day of the All Saints Day. His mortal remains are buried in the Hospital Chapel, among the leprosy patients, the outcastes he loved and served for 32 years. The Vision of the Master- When the master died in 1910, his “Poor Dispensary” was extremely well patronized. The hospital was a renowned centre of health care. What he left behind on the slopes of Kankanady was a legacy of love and compassion. So firm and strong is this legacy that his successors, as directors of Fr. Muller’s Charitable Institutions, found it possible to enlarge upon his vision and add several new departments in medicine and surgery. Fr. Muller’s famous tissue remedies and specifics as well as homoeopathic medicines are manufactured in the campus. These are in great demand all over India. Village outreach programmes have taken health to the door-step of the poor. A constant effort is made to upgrade the hospital in tune with modern developments. Over 1000 employees, 250 doctors, 150 teachers, 35,000 people homoeopathic consultation, 22,000 outpatients and 24,000 in-patients have clearly established this institution as a renowned centre of compassionate patient care. The art of comforting the sick is the first lesson a medical or nursing student learns here. The management, vested in the Catholic Diocese of Mangalore, is alive to the spirit of the founder. Fr. Muller lives on, in the homoeopathic and allopathic centers of medical research, the Colleges of Nursing and Paramedical services, and the Super speciality hospital. No patient is turned back for want of money.