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The ''British Medical Journal'' is available [http://www.bmj.com/archive/ online] from 1840 and is a source of information, particularly the obituaries. However, it It probably has more relevance for English, rather than Scottish doctors. However, it is now only available to those who have a personal or institutional subscription. [http://www.bmj.com/search.dtl Search] the archives directly (it is necessary to first register) or access BMJ and other online journals through [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ PubMed Central] (PMC is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature).Some editions are available online at Archive.org (refer below)
==Historical background==
*Pension situation in Bengal in 1827. Letter in ''Oriental Herald'', Volume 14, 1827 [http://books.google.com/books?id=XPIaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA323 Google Books]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/codeofregulation00madr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Code of regulations for the Medical Department of the Presidency of Fort St. George''] 1833 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=4y5WftsInfgC ''Medical Advice to the Indian Stranger''] by John McCosh M.D. (1841). This [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PJ8DHBay4_EC&pg=PA911 book] details the author's photographic work and Army career. He retired in 1856. Also refer [[Photographer]].Google Books*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZRUDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1 ''Handbook for Medical Officers of H.M. Service in India''] by Charles Alexander Gordon M.D. published 1851 (written 1846). Hints on the Duties of Medical Officers.Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=oRgCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA324 Salaries of Indian Medical Officers in Calcutta c 1860], page 324 ''Medical Times and Gazette, Volume 1 1860'' (published London) Google Books
*''A code of medical and sanitary regulations for the guidance of Medical Officers serving in the Madras Presidency'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=WhUDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=NhcDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 2] by William Robert Cornish 1870 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=HXojAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA435 "The Medical Service of the British Army"], with a section on India (page 435), ''The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review Or Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery'' (1855)Google Books
*''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=raQEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 4 1829], [http://books.google.com/books?id=tZ8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 7 1835] Google Books
*''Madras Quarterly Medical Journal'' 1839 to 1844 - many interesting articles by Madras surgeons including medical reports on various regiments.Google Books
:[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vwQHAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 1 1839],[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2AQHAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 2 1840],[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8QQHAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 3 1841], [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AAUHAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 4 1842],[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CQUHAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1-IA1 Volume 5 1843],[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KQUHAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 6 1844]
*''Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science'' Google Books
**page 43, has a section in the introduction called "The Indian Medical Service and the Subordinate Medical Service". Chapter 1( page 56) is called "Missionary Medicine and the Rise of Kalimpong"
*''Indian Medical Service: A Handbook'' by Major A. N. Chopra 1939 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*A broken range of editions of the ''British Medical Journal'' 1862-1923 is available at [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22British+Medical+Journal%22+AND+mediatype%3Atexts&page=1 Archive.org]
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