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This article contains many links to historical [[online books]].
This article contains many links to historical [[online books]].
==FIBIS resources==
*Database [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1067&s_id=176 Alphabetical List of the Medical Officers of the Indian Army]. From the 1839 book by Dodwell & Miles in respect of the East India Company Armies. Includes Bengal, Madras, Bombay and Prince of Wales Island Surgeons. Officers.
:This book is available to read online, see below, [[Doctor#Lists of medical officers|Lists of medical officers]].
*Database [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1342&s_id=436 Grant Medical College Bombay, Students 1848-1859]


==Records==
==Records==
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*Ancestry, a pay website,  in the category Schools, Directories & Church Histories  has  the following databases:  
*Ancestry, a pay website,  in the category Schools, Directories & Church Histories  has  the following databases:  
**"[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61103/ UK, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615 -1930"]. (Released October 2016). This database consists of Index records and page images from  the book of the same name by D.G. Crawford, see  below under [[Doctor#Lists of medical officers|Lists of medical officers]].   
**"[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61103/ UK, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615 -1930"]. (Released October 2016). This database consists of Index records and page images from  the book of the same name by D.G. Crawford, see  below under [[Doctor#Lists of medical officers|Lists of medical officers]].   
**[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61053/ "UK & Ireland, Medical Directories, 1845-1942"] (Released October 2016). These appear to be commercial publications. “Medical Directories list most practising and retired doctors in Britain and its colonies”. The main publication included is ''The Medical Directory''  (1870- 1942) and earlier publications ''The London Medical Directory'' (1845-1846),  ''The London and Provincial Medical Directory'' (1847-1869)  ''The Medical Directory for Ireland'' (1852-1860), ''The Medical Directory for Scotland'' (1852-1860).  Broken ranges.
**[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61053/ "UK & Ireland, Medical Directories, 1845-1942"] (Released October 2016). These appear to be commercial publications. “Medical Directories list most practising and retired doctors in Britain and its colonies”. The main publication included is ''The Medical Directory''  (1870- 1942), (published at least some periods  by J & A Churchill (or variant names) and sometimes referred to as ''Churchill's Medical Directory'') and earlier publications ''The London Medical Directory'' (1845-1846),  ''The London and Provincial Medical Directory'' (1847-1869)  ''The Medical Directory for Ireland'' (1852-1860), ''The Medical Directory for Scotland'' (1852-1860).  Broken ranges. The 1924 edition includes Dental Surgeons,  Dental Surgeons are also included in most/all? other editions.
*: As an example of the contents ''The Medical Directory for 1924 80th Annual Issue'' has sections “Abroad”, and “Naval, Military and Indian Services”, see [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61053/images/43274_263021009496_0647-00042?ssrc=&backlabel=Return Contents page, digital page 43]. "Practitioners Resident Abroad registered under the Medical Acts of Great Britain and Ireland" [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61053/images/43274_263021009496_0647-01713?ssrc=&backlabel=Return digital page 1714/original page 1601]. "Registered Practitioners Resident Abroad. Local List. [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61053/images/43274_263021009496_0647-01895?ssrc=&backlabel=Return Digital page 1896/original page 1783] Grouped according to Continent/Country. To access these links you must be signed into Ancestry.
*:The 1861 edition appears to be the first edition which lists doctors  resident overseas. As an example of the contents ''The Medical Directory for 1924 80th Annual Issue'' has sections “Abroad”, and “Naval, Military and Indian Services”, see Title page digital page 42 and [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61053/images/43274_263021009496_0647-00042?ssrc=&backlabel=Return Contents page, digital page 43]. "Practitioners Resident Abroad registered under the Medical Acts of Great Britain and Ireland" [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61053/images/43274_263021009496_0647-01713?ssrc=&backlabel=Return digital page 1714/original page 1601]. "Registered Practitioners Resident Abroad. Local List. [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61053/images/43274_263021009496_0647-01895?ssrc=&backlabel=Return Digital page 1896/original page 1783] Grouped according to Continent/Country. To access these links you must be signed into Ancestry.
::Available on Archive.org: ''The medical directory for Ireland'' [https://archive.org/details/b28035859_0001 1852], [https://archive.org/details/b28035859_0002  1856], [https://archive.org/details/b28035859_0003/page/n25/mode/2up 1858]; [https://archive.org/details/b28035859_0004/page/n23/mode/2up 1859], in including [https://archive.org/details/b28035859_0004/page/270/mode/2up [Regulations and conditions relating to<nowiki>]</nowiki> "Her Majesty's Indian Forces"] page 270.  [https://archive.org/details/londonprovincial00unse/page/16/mode/2up ''The London & provincial medical directory for 1861''], including [https://archive.org/details/londonprovincial00unse/page/986/mode/2up "A List of registered Non-Residents"]
::Available on Archive.org: ''The medical directory for Ireland'' [https://archive.org/details/b28035859_0001 1852], [https://archive.org/details/b28035859_0002  1856], [https://archive.org/details/b28035859_0003/page/n25/mode/2up 1858]; [https://archive.org/details/b28035859_0004/page/n23/mode/2up 1859], including [https://archive.org/details/b28035859_0004/page/270/mode/2up [Regulations and conditions relating to<nowiki>]</nowiki> "Her Majesty's Indian Forces"] page 270.  [https://archive.org/details/londonprovincial00unse/page/16/mode/2up ''The London & provincial medical directory for 1861''], including [https://archive.org/details/londonprovincial00unse/page/986/mode/2up "A List of registered Non-Residents"] The 1861 edition appears to be the first edition which lists doctors  resident overseas; [https://archive.org/search?query=+title%3A%28%22The+London+and+Provincial+Medical+Directory%22%29&sort=date ''The London and Provincial Medical Directory'' at Archive.org] for 1865, 1866; [https://archive.org/search?query=%28Churchill%29+AND+title%3A%28%22The+Medical+Directory%22%29&sort=date ''The Medical Directory'' at Archive.org] for 1870, 1872, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1884.
:* Also available on Ancestry [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/33538/ "UK Medical Registers, 1859-1959"]. "This database contains annually published books listing all of the names of [UK] doctors who were licensed to practise in the United Kingdom and abroad from 1859-1959. Also included are foreign doctors who qualified in Britain. Although these books were published annually, registers have only been digitised on 4 year intervals".
:* Also available on Ancestry [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/33538/ "UK Medical Registers, 1859-1959"]. "This database contains annually published books listing all of the names of [UK] doctors who were licensed to practise in the United Kingdom and abroad from 1859-1959. Also included are foreign doctors who qualified in Britain. Although these books were published annually, registers have only been digitised on 4 year intervals".
*The ''British Medical Journal'' is available [http://www.bmj.com/archive/ online] from 1840 and is a source of information, particularly the obituaries.  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  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)
* See the Fibiwiki section [https://wiki.fibis.org/w/British_Army#The_.5BLondon.5D_Gazette The [London<nowiki>]</nowiki> Gazette] on the [[British Army]] page.
*The ''British Medical Journal'' is available [http://www.bmj.com/archive/ online] at bmj.com from 1840 and is a source of information, particularly the obituaries.  It probably has more relevance for English, rather than Scottish doctors. However, this source is now only available to those who have a personal or institutional subscription.    [http://www.bmj.com/search.dtl Search] the archives directly  or  
:Access BMJ and other online journals through [https://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).
::[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/ PMC Journal List] including [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/3/  BMJ]
:Some editions are available online at Archive.org (refer below)
*[http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College Of Physicians]. Search by Name. Obituaries of past Fellows [Specialist Physicians]. Royal College of Physicians, London. Based on twelve publications, the first four being:
*[http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College Of Physicians]. Search by Name. Obituaries of past Fellows [Specialist Physicians]. Royal College of Physicians, London. Based on twelve publications, the first four being:
:''The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, comprising biographical sketches of all the eminent physicians whose names are recorded in the Annals'' .. by William Munk  
:''The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, comprising biographical sketches of all the eminent physicians whose names are recorded in the Annals'' .. by William Munk  
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===Lists of medical officers===
===Lists of medical officers===
Two particularly useful books, listing service histories etc, are:
Two particularly useful books, listing service histories etc, are:
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=t5ZRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR7#v=twopage&q&f=false''An Alphabetical List of the Medical Officers of the Indian Army 1764-1838''] by Edward Dodwell and James S. Miles (1839). Google Books. When viewing the alphabetical list, ensure that the viewing mode is two pages side by side, and if necessary click on the relevant icon.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=t5ZRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR7#v=twopage&q&f=false''An Alphabetical List of the Medical Officers of the Indian Army 1764-1838''] by Edward Dodwell and James S. Miles (1839). Google Books. When viewing the alphabetical list, ensure that the viewing mode is two pages side by side, and if necessary click on the relevant icon.
*''[[Military_reading_list#Medical_Departments|Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930]]'' by D.G. Crawford 1930. Review in FIBIS Military Reading List. Available with sample pages only Preview Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DlK-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 Volume One: 1615-1799], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=olK-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA292 Volume Two 1800-1930].
:Names from this book have been transcribed as a FIBIS database, see [[Doctor#FIBIS resources|FIBIS resources]] above.
**Ancestry, a pay website,  has a database consisting of this book [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/indianmedicalservice/ "UK, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615 -1930"] consisting of  index records and images from the book.
*[https://archive.org/details/rollindianmedicalservicecrawford/page/n9/mode/2up ''Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930''] by Lieut.-Colonel D G Crawford 1930 Archive.org
**The book is also available as a [[FamilySearch]] digitised microfilm,  [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/287926  catalogue entry], viewable at a FS family history centre, or FS affiliate library, see [[FamilySearch Centres]].  
:[[Military_reading_list#Medical_Departments|Review in FIBIS Military Reading List.]]  
:Ancestry, a pay website,  has a database consisting of this book [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/indianmedicalservice/ "UK, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615 -1930"] consisting of  index records and images from the book.
: This book includes chapters relating to Bengal (pages 1-243), Madras (pages 244-390), Bombay (pages 391-496), General List  1897-1930 (pages 497-601), Eastern Factories 1605-1775 (pages 602-604);  Sumatra or West Coast 1696-1825 (pages 605-617); St. Helena 1684-1831 (pages 618-622); China 1763-1834 (pages 623-624); Prince of Wales Island (page 625); Appendices from page 629. If you are browsing the book through Ancestry, there are errata pages at the beginning of the digital file, before "Contents", pages xv-xvi,  digital images 67-68.
: This book includes chapters relating to Bengal (pages 1-243), Madras (pages 244-390), Bombay (pages 391-496), General List  1897-1930 (pages 497-601), Eastern Factories 1605-1775 (pages 602-604);  Sumatra or West Coast 1696-1825 (pages 605-617); St. Helena 1684-1831 (pages 618-622); China 1763-1834 (pages 623-624); Prince of Wales Island (page 625); Appendices from page 629. If you are browsing the book through Ancestry, there are errata pages at the beginning of the digital file, before "Contents", pages xv-xvi,  digital images 67-68.


'''Other  online lists:'''
'''Other  online lists:'''
*Lists of surgeons, and prior to 1894, Assistant Surgeons may be found in  the ''East-India Register and Directory'', published 1803-1860. The ''East-India Register'' was superseded by what was initially called ''The Indian Army and Civil Service List''. Later these were separated, and the ''India Army List'' is the volume which contains the surgeons. Many of the ''East India Register and Directory'' are available online, together with some editions of  '' The Indian Army and Civil Service List'' and other directories such as the ''Bengal Directory'', and may be found on  '''[[Directories online]]''', which also mentions some earlier publications available on subscription websites. For details of these books and some earlier publications, in libraries or on microfilm or fiche, refer [[Directories reading list]]
*Lists of surgeons, and prior to 1894, Assistant Surgeons may be found in  the ''East-India Register and Directory'', published 1803-1860. The ''East-India Register'' was superseded by what was initially called ''The Indian Army and Civil Service List''. Later these were separated, and the ''India Army List'' is the volume which contains the surgeons. Many of the ''East India Register and Directory'' are available online, together with some editions of  '' The Indian Army and Civil Service List'' and other directories such as the ''Bengal Directory'', and may be found on  '''[[Directories online]]''', which also mentions some earlier publications available on subscription websites. Also see '''[[Indian Army List online]]''', with issues from July 1890. For details of these books and some earlier publications, in libraries or on microfilm or fiche, refer [[Directories reading list]]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=h2nkEiSSDaYC&pg=PA550 "List of Principal Medical Officers"] in Madras from 1651-1800 (Google Books)
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=h2nkEiSSDaYC&pg=PA550 "List of Principal Medical Officers"] in Madras from 1651-1800 (Google Books)
*[http://www.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/surgeons.htm Surgeons at Fort St George, Madras 1850-52].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305115728/http://www.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/surgeons.htm Surgeons at Fort St George, Madras 1850-52], archived.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=kfwBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA513 ''The Lancet''] (vol 1, 1858) lists the Medical Officers of the Bengal Medical Service who died during the Mutiny  (Google Books)
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=kfwBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA513 ''The Lancet''] (vol 1, 1858) lists the Medical Officers of the Bengal Medical Service who died during the Mutiny  (Google Books)
*''Madras Quarterly Journal Of Medical Science'' contains a medical directory for the Madras Presidency,commencing page i of the Appendix at the end of each volume.
*''Madras Quarterly Journal Of Medical Science'' contains a medical directory for the Madras Presidency,commencing page i of the Appendix at the end of each volume.
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*For some women doctors mentioned in annual reports of the "National Association for Supplying Female Medical Aid to the Women of India", part of The Countess of Dufferin’s Fund, see [[Doctor#Historical books online 2|Historical books online]] below.  
*For some women doctors mentioned in annual reports of the "National Association for Supplying Female Medical Aid to the Women of India", part of The Countess of Dufferin’s Fund, see [[Doctor#Historical books online 2|Historical books online]] below.  
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.109762/page/n3/mode/2up ''List of Qualified Medical Practitioners, Military and Civil Assistant Surgeons, Hospital Assistants, etc., serving or practising in Bengal''] Catalogued 1904 Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Collection. A Government publication, which does not contain  Surgeons in military employment, apart from a few on temporary military duty.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.109762/page/n3/mode/2up ''List of Qualified Medical Practitioners, Military and Civil Assistant Surgeons, Hospital Assistants, etc., serving or practising in Bengal''] Catalogued 1904 Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Collection. A Government publication, which does not contain  Surgeons in military employment, apart from a few on temporary military duty.
*"God’s Acre in North-West India" by Colonel R. H. Firth ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1914. A record of the names, the careers, and details as to the graves of, or monuments to, all the medical officers buried or memorialized in the Punjab, the North-west Frontier Province, and Kashmir. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/23/3/320.full.pdf Part 1] Volume 23:3 320-333 and [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/23/4/415.full.pdf Part 2]  Volume 23:4 415-439
*[https://wellcomecollection.org/works/cctcmrg6/items ''The Medical Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon, Part II 1910''] compiled by the editorial staff of the ''Practical Medicine'', published at Delhi. Part II is in respect of doctors in military employment including Royal Army Medical Corps, Indian Medical Service and Indian Subordinate Medical Department. Welcome Collection. [https://archive.org/details/med-directory-india-part2-1910/page/n5/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*"God’s Acre in North-West India" by Colonel R. H. Firth ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1914. A record of the names, the careers, and details as to the graves of, or monuments to, all the medical officers buried or memorialized in the Punjab, the North-west Frontier Province, and Kashmir. [https://archive.org/details/jramc-1914-vol23/page/319/mode/2up Part 1] Volume 23:3 320-333, [https://archive.org/details/jramc-1914-vol23/page/415/mode/2up Part 2]  Volume 23:4 415-439. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1915-vol24/page/287/mode/2up "Some Echoes of the Past"] by Lieutenant-Colonel W A Morris page 288 ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'', Volume 24 1915 Archive.org. Medical officers who lost their lives in N-W P and Oudh Provinces 1788-1860.
*[https://archive.org/details/thackers-med-directory-1915/page/n9/mode/2up ''Thacker's Medical Directory of India, Burma, and Ceylon 1915. Third year of publication''] Archive.org. Also includes a list of Nurses and Midwives.
*[https://archive.org/details/thackers-med-directory-1915/page/n9/mode/2up ''Thacker's Medical Directory of India, Burma, and Ceylon 1915. Third year of publication''] Archive.org. Also includes a list of Nurses and Midwives.
*[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_H01.html Indian Army Officers 1939-1945]
*[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_H01.html Indian Army Officers 1939-1945]
*Africa
*Africa
**Uganda: [https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3AUganda++Gazette&sort=date ''The Official Gazette of the Uganda Protectorate'', Volumes 7-12, 1914-1919] Archive.org. The first issue for most/all years includes List of Medical Practitioners and Dentists on the Register.
**Uganda: [https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3AUganda++Gazette&sort=date ''The Official Gazette of the Uganda Protectorate'', Volumes 7-12, 1914-1919] Archive.org. The first issue for most/all years includes List of Medical Practitioners and Dentists on the Register.
**South Africa and Rhodesia
***[https://archive.org/details/b28407738_0001 ''South African Medical Directory 1896''], [https://archive.org/details/b28407738_0002/mode/2up ''South African Medical Directory 1897''] Archive.org. Includes Dentists. Also includes Bechuanaland, Rhodesia.
'''Other  lists:'''
'''Other  lists:'''
*''The Medical Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon ...'' Compiled by the editorial staff of the ''Practical Medicine'', published at Delhi. Available at the British Library 1908 UIN: BLL01000948662; 1910 UIN: BLL01000948663. Classified as a Journal, so perhaps there are further editions. 1910 edition is also available at the Wellcome Library, London. Elsewhere <ref>[http://crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/254/14/M_.pdf Burma/Myanmar Bibliographical Project, Letter M, page 77] crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de.</ref> it is stated the title includes ''Including Native States, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States & British East Africa Protectorate".
*''The Medical Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon ...'' Compiled by the editorial staff of the ''Practical Medicine'', published at Delhi. The edition for 1910 consists of 4 separate Parts<ref>[https://archive.org/details/texasmedicaljour2519unse/page/n424/mode/1up Advertisement in ''Texas Medical Journal'']  circa p 415 1910 Archive.org</ref>. Part II consisting of those in military employment is available online, see above. Available at the British Library Part II 1908 UIN: BLL01000948662; 1910 UIN: BLL01000948663, but the entry does not say whether the holding is one, or more parts. Classified as a Journal, so perhaps there are further editions. Elsewhere <ref>[http://crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/254/14/M_.pdf Burma/Myanmar Bibliographical Project, Letter M, page 77] crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de.</ref> it is stated the title includes ''Including Native States, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States & British East Africa Protectorate".
*''Thacker's Medical Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon'', published 1913-1915. The 1915 edition is available online, see above. The 1914 edition is at the British Library UIN: BLL01000948664 -  enquire if there are additional volumes as it is classified as a Journal, perhaps implying more than one edition. 1913 (and 1915) editions appear to be available at Oxford and Cambridge University Libraries, and the National Library of Scotland. Also referred to as editions 1-3.
*''Thacker's Medical Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon'', published 1913-1915. The 1915 edition is available online, see above. The 1914 edition is at the British Library UIN: BLL01000948664 -  enquire if there are additional volumes as it is classified as a Journal, perhaps implying more than one edition. 1913 (and 1915) editions appear to be available at Oxford and Cambridge University Libraries, and the National Library of Scotland. Also referred to as editions 1-3.
:National Archives of India  pay service "Digitise on Demand"  includes ''Thacker's Medical Directory'' [https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2400020 1914] (Identifier PR_000002709792)  abhilekh-patal.in
:National Archives of India  pay service "Digitise on Demand"  includes ''Thacker's Medical Directory'' [https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2400020 1914] (Identifier PR_000002709792)  abhilekh-patal.in
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The Royal Army Medical Corps was established by Royal Warrant on 23rd June 1898. Prior to this there had been two distinct organisations within the Army Medical Services, the Medical Staff (i.e. the officers), and the Medical Staff Corps , which were combined to form the RAMC.
The Royal Army Medical Corps was established by Royal Warrant on 23rd June 1898. Prior to this there had been two distinct organisations within the Army Medical Services, the Medical Staff (i.e. the officers), and the Medical Staff Corps , which were combined to form the RAMC.


For [[British Army]] medical personnel, the previously named [https://web.archive.org/web/20160813204714/http://www.ams-museum.org.uk/museum/faqs/#1 Army Medical Services Museum's FAQs] now archived page, advises that the AMSM has some details  for officers who held a regular commission with the Army Medical Department and the RAMC until 1960.    The museum has a small booklet available with useful advice for researching relatives who served with the AMS. Note: there has been a change of name to [https://museumofmilitarymedicine.org.uk/ The Museum of Military Medicine]. Also refer [[British Army]] for personnel records.
For [[British Army]] medical personnel, the previously named [https://web.archive.org/web/20160813204714/http://www.ams-museum.org.uk/museum/faqs/#1 Army Medical Services Museum's FAQs] now archived page, advises that the AMSM has some details  for officers who held a regular commission with the Army Medical Department and the RAMC until 1960.    The museum has a small booklet available with useful advice for researching relatives who served with the AMS. Note: there has been a change of name to [https://museumofmilitarymedicine.org.uk/ The Museum of Military Medicine]. (This Museum is expected to relocate from its current location to Cardiff in the future.) Also refer [[British Army]] for personnel records.


The [[British Library]] has the India Office Records:  British Army in India: British Medical Officers serving in India '''IOR/L/MIL/15/20''' 1872-1912.  
The [[British Library]] has the India Office Records:  British Army in India: British Medical Officers serving in India '''IOR/L/MIL/15/20''' 1872-1912.  
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The book ''Commissioned officers in the medical services of the British Army, 1660-1960'' is available online, see below.
The book ''Commissioned officers in the medical services of the British Army, 1660-1960'' is available online, see below.


''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' is  now available online from 1903,  refer below.  "Since its early days the Journal also published “Corps News” which gave details of personal occurences of members of the RAMC including the promotion and postings of officers, honours and awards, qualifications gained by senior NCOs of the Corps, casualties whilst on campaign and obituaries of serving officers"  <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20120504015144/http://www.ramcjournal.com/archive.html Archived  JRAMC webpage].</ref> Note the "Corps News" appears to be at the back of each monthly edition, and may not  be indexed. For some digital volumes, all the "Corps News" (6 editions) appear at the back of the volume. However, the "Corps News" ceased sometime between 1920 and 1933.
''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' is  now available online from 1903,  refer below.  "Since its early days the Journal also published “Corps News” which gave details of personal occurences of members of the RAMC including the promotion and postings of officers, honours and awards, qualifications gained by senior NCOs of the Corps, casualties whilst on campaign and obituaries of serving officers"  <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20120504015144/http://www.ramcjournal.com/archive.html Archived  JRAMC webpage].</ref> Note the "Corps News" appears to be at the back of each monthly edition, and may not  be indexed. For some digital volumes, all the "Corps News" (6 editions) appear at the back of the volume. However, the "Corps News" appears to have ceased appearing in the Internet Archive (Archive.org) digitised versions in the early 1920s, although the publication continued, and there are also some digitised editions during WW2.


====First World War====
====First World War====
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====Historical books online====
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/rollofcommisssio00johnuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army, who served on full pay within the period between the accession of George II and the formation of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 20 June 1727 to 23 June 1898, with an introduction showing the historical evolution of the Corps''] by William Johnston 1917 Archive.org. Missing one introductory page, which is available in a 2nd digital file, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279187/page/n5/mode/1up  page vii] Archive.org.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/rollofcommisssio00johnuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army, who served on full pay within the period between the accession of George II and the formation of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 20 June 1727 to 23 June 1898, with an introduction showing the historical evolution of the Corps''] by William Johnston 1917 Archive.org. Missing one introductory page, which is available in a 2nd digital file, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279187/page/n5/mode/1up  page vii] Archive.org.
:[https://wellcomecollection.org/works/u35snta5 ''Commissioned officers in the medical services of the British Army, 1660-1960'']  2 Volumes,  Vol.1: 1660-1727 by A. Peterkin; 1727-1898 by William Johnston; Vol. 2 1898-1960 by R. Drew. This publication covers permanent, regular officers. Volume 2 may be selected left hand side of the  book reader.  There is an index at the back of each volume. Scroll down the digital fileNote that there has been a change in book readers, and currently (2021/04/21) it was necessary to change browsers to Chrome, (as Safari could not access the file). Left click on an individual page to reach a page which has size and rotation symbols. Close this page to return to main file. Wellcome Collection.
:[https://archive.org/details/officersmedicalservbritisharmy  ''Commissioned officers in the medical services of the British Army, 1660-1960'']  2 Volumes,  Vol.1: 1660-1727 by A. Peterkin; 1727-1898 by William Johnston; Vol. 2 1898-1960 by R. Drew. Archive.org. This publication covers permanent, regular officers.   There is an index at the back of each volume.  Also available, and originating from the [https://wellcomecollection.org/works/u35snta5 Wellcome Collection].  
:Excluded are the great majority of the Surgeons' Mates (Assistant Surgeons) who served during the eighteenth century, who were warrant officers, serving with warrants given by the Colonel commanding their regiments, and not commissioned officers, serving with warrants conferred by the King.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DlK-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PR7 Preface], ''Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930, Volume One'' by D.G. Crawford 1930 Google Books.</ref>
:Excluded are the great majority of the Surgeons' Mates (Assistant Surgeons) who served during the eighteenth century, who were warrant officers, serving with warrants given by the Colonel commanding their regiments, and not commissioned officers, serving with warrants conferred by the King.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/rollindianmedicalservicecrawford/page/n13/mode/2up Preface], ''Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930'' by D.G. Crawford 1930 Archive.org.</ref>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/storyofourservic00gore#page/n3/mode/2up ''The Story of Our Services under the Crown: a Historical Sketch of the Army Medical Staff''] by Surgeon-Major Albert A. Gore 1879 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/storyofourservic00gore#page/n3/mode/2up ''The Story of Our Services under the Crown: a Historical Sketch of the Army Medical Staff''] by Surgeon-Major Albert A. Gore 1879 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b28710319 ''On the Organization and Duties of the Bearer Company of the Medical Corps in War''] by Surgeon Major G J H Evatt, Army Medical Staff. London  1886 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b28710319 ''On the Organization and Duties of the Bearer Company of the Medical Corps in War''] by Surgeon Major G J H Evatt, Army Medical Staff. London  1886 Archive.org
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*[http://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b19255251 Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection]  Wellcome Library contains many digital items, some of which relate to India.  For some digital items from this collection, see [[Doctors and Surgeons]].
*[http://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b19255251 Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection]  Wellcome Library contains many digital items, some of which relate to India.  For some digital items from this collection, see [[Doctors and Surgeons]].
*[https://archive.org/details/withroyalarmyme00vivigoog ''With the Royal Army Medical Corps (R. A. M. C.) at the Front''] by E Charles Vivian 1914 Archive.org. Includes chapters on Composition and Duties, Training etc.  
*[https://archive.org/details/withroyalarmyme00vivigoog ''With the Royal Army Medical Corps (R. A. M. C.) at the Front''] by E Charles Vivian 1914 Archive.org. Includes chapters on Composition and Duties, Training etc.  
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/by/year ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'']. jramc.bmj.com. An Archive from 1903. The "Corps News" may not be  not indexed, but appears as a separate section at the back of each monthly edition, until it  ceased sometime between 1918 and 1933. Note: the content of the Archive is '''searchable'''. Pdf files to access, by article. From 2020 the title changed to ''BMJ Military Health''.
*[https://archive.org/details/scalpelswordstre0000unse ''Scalpel, Sword and Stretcher : forty years of work and play''] by Colonel Robert J Blackham [1931] Formerly Hon. Surgeon to the Viceroy of India , and DDMS Ninth Army Corps in France. He joined the Army Medical Staff in 1895, and then  was in India  c 1897-1903, and 1908-1915. He established St. John’s Ambulance Association in India, which established/became  the Red Cross. He was posted to France in 1915 where he was a doctor to fighting troops in battle. He was also posted to Italy and Russia. Archive.org Books to Borrow. Also available [https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Detail/2R3BF1F070BY4 Digital Collection University of Calgary] Canada. Download may be possible for the latter, see under Actions "Permissions and access"(registration required, fee seems to/perhaps may apply for digital copies- see [https://libanswers.ucalgary.ca/ FAQ]).
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/by/year ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'']. jramc.bmj.com. An Archive from 1903. The "Corps News" may not be  not indexed, but may appear as a separate section at the back of each monthly edition, or as a separate section at the back of the book, up until December 1920.   Note: the content of the Archive is '''searchable'''. Pdf files to access, by article. From 2020 the title changed to ''BMJ Military Health''. '''Update'''. This Archive now appears to be accessible by Subscription only. However, volumes to 1962 may be accessed in the Internet Archive (Archive.org), see the following details
:Archive.org:
:Archive.org:
:[https://archive.org/details/journalofroyalar4190grea/page/n5/mode/2up Vol IV 1905 Jan.], [https://archive.org/details/journalofroyalar4190grea/page/840/mode/2up Index]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230949/page/1/mode/2up  Vol XI 1908: July], [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230949/page/650/mode/2up Index]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230947 Vol XII 1909 Jan.], [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230947/page/707/mode/2up Index]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230945 Vol XV 1910 July], [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230945/page/767/mode/2up Index]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.26537 Vol. XVI 1911 Jan.], [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.26537/page/699/mode/2up Index]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230948/page/1/mode/2up  Vol. XVII 1911, July], [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230948/page/677/mode/2up Index].
:[https://archive.org/details/journalofroyalar4190grea/page/n5/mode/2up Vol IV 1905 Jan.], [https://archive.org/details/journalofroyalar4190grea/page/840/mode/2up Index]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230949/page/1/mode/2up  Vol XI 1908: July], [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230949/page/650/mode/2up Index]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230947 Vol XII 1909 Jan.], [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230947/page/707/mode/2up Index]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230945 Vol XV 1910 July], [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230945/page/767/mode/2up Index]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.26537 Vol. XVI 1911 Jan.], [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.26537/page/699/mode/2up Index]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230948/page/1/mode/2up  Vol. XVII 1911, July], [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.230948/page/677/mode/2up Index].
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[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/25/6/717.full.pdf Volume 25 Index]
[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1915-vol25/page/717/mode/2up Volume 25 Index]
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:[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22Journal+of+the+Royal+Army+Medical+Corps%22%29&sort=date Archive.org editions from July 1914 to 1935] broken range.
:[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22Journal+of+the+Royal+Army+Medical+Corps%22%29&sort=date Archive.org editions from 1904 to 1962] broken range. Note the "Corps News" only appears in the digitised books on Archive.org until the early 1920s. However the publication continued and later became ''The R.A.M.C., The A.D. Corps, and Q.A.I.M.N.S. News and Gazette''.
:*[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1913-vol21/page/345/mode/2up "Hints on taking over command of a Station Hospital for British Troops in India"] by Captain A C Elliott page 346 ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Volume 21 1913'' Archive.org


==Historical background==
==Historical background==
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2300847/?page=4 “Early History of the Indian Medical Service”]. British Medical Journal 7 February 1914, pages 317-319  Also includes names of doctors present at a medical dinner  at Calcutta in  1914
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2300847/?page=4 “Early History of the Indian Medical Service”]. British Medical Journal 7 February 1914, pages 317-319  Also includes names of doctors present at a medical dinner  at Calcutta in  1914
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/24/2/111.full.pdf "Some old Bengal Records"] by Colonel R. H. Firth, ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1915;24:2 pages 111-117
*[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1915-vol24/page/n125/mode/2up "Some old Bengal Records"] by Colonel R. H. Firth, ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1915;24:2 pages 111-117. Archive.org
*The [http://library.wellcome.ac.uk Wellcome Library], London has both books and archival material about the history of medicine.
*The [http://library.wellcome.ac.uk Wellcome Library], London has both books and archival material about the history of medicine.
*"Surgeons In India, Past and Present" [http://books.google.com/books?id=F28oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217 "Past"] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=F28oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA242 "Present,1854"] ''The Calcutta Review  v. 22'' Published 1854 pages 217 and 242
*"Surgeons In India, Past and Present" [http://books.google.com/books?id=F28oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217 "Past"] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=F28oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA242 "Present,1854"] ''The Calcutta Review  v. 22'' Published 1854 pages 217 and 242
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*[https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/jbsc/024/03/0259-0268 "The truth behind the legend: European doctors in pre-colonial India"] by Rajesh Kochhar ''Journal of Biosciences'' 1999 Sep.; 24(3): 259-68. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180317220706/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WexWv74AyEkJ:prints.iiap.res.in/bitstream/2248/3416/3/The%2520truth%2520behind%2520the%2520legend:%2520European%2520doctors%2520in%2520pre-colonial%2520India+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&client=safari Alternative version].
*[https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/jbsc/024/03/0259-0268 "The truth behind the legend: European doctors in pre-colonial India"] by Rajesh Kochhar ''Journal of Biosciences'' 1999 Sep.; 24(3): 259-68. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180317220706/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WexWv74AyEkJ:prints.iiap.res.in/bitstream/2248/3416/3/The%2520truth%2520behind%2520the%2520legend:%2520European%2520doctors%2520in%2520pre-colonial%2520India+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&client=safari Alternative version].
*[https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/3D62948301B5B8E33F26C3D3F776A154/S0007087400029137a.pdf/tropical_medicine_in_nineteenthcentury_india.pdf "Tropical medicine in nineteenth-century India"] by Mark Harrison ''The British Journal for the History of Science'' [BJHS], 1992, 25 Issue 3, 299-318.
*[https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/3D62948301B5B8E33F26C3D3F776A154/S0007087400029137a.pdf/tropical_medicine_in_nineteenthcentury_india.pdf "Tropical medicine in nineteenth-century India"] by Mark Harrison ''The British Journal for the History of Science'' [BJHS], 1992, 25 Issue 3, 299-318.
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/97/6/471.full.pdf "The Directors of Medical Services in India"] by Major J. B. Neal,  ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1951;97:6 471-491. They had the chief responsibility for British Military Medicine in India from 1857 to 1947.  
*[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1951-vol96vol97/page/471/mode/2up "The Directors of Medical Services in India"] by Major J. B. Neal,  ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1951;97:6 471-491. Archive.org. They had the chief responsibility for British Military Medicine in India from 1857 to 1947.  


Also see [[Public health]]
Also see [[Public health]]

Latest revision as of 03:19, 8 August 2024

See also, details of some individual Doctors and Surgeons.

A doctor may also be known as a Surgeon or (prior to 1873) an Assistant Surgeon. The term Medical Officer is also used. Most of this article refers to surgeons who were employed by the Bengal, Madras, Bombay or Indian Medical Service/Departments. However some surgeons in British Army regiments were part of the Royal Army Medical Corps of the British Army.

For Assistant Surgeons from 1894, refer Apothecary

On 3 April 1943, the Indian Medical Service was amalgamated into the Indian Army Medical Corps, along with the Indian Medical Department, and the Indian Hospital & Nursing Corps

This article contains many links to historical online books.

FIBIS resources

This book is available to read online, see below, Lists of medical officers.

Records

Online records

  • The following records are available on the pay website findmypast (as at June 2014) as the collection British India Office Assistant Surgeons, a section of the British India Office Collection.[1] These records are located in the category Education & work/Professions.
    • IOR/L/MIL/9/358, 360-364, 366-396 Assistant-Surgeons’ Papers, 1804-1854
    • IOR/L/MIL/9/397-408 Papers of Assistant-Surgeons selected by the Board of Examiners,, 1855-1881
    • IOR/L/MIL/9/409 Annual list of Assistant-Surgeons appointed giving Presidency, nominating Director and date of appointment, with separate lists of rank, 1787-1791
    • IOR/L/MIL/9/410 Annual lists of Assistant-Surgeons appointed giving Presidency, nominating Director, date of appointment and ship, 1791-1814
    • IOR/L/MIL/9/411 Annual lists of rank of Assistant-Surgeons, Madras Bengal and Bombay, 1794-1814
    • IOR/L/MIL/9/412 Register of candidates for Assistant-Surgeon posts giving address, dates of application and examination, result, and date of returning diplomas. 1865-1877
    • IOR/L/MIL/9/413-418 Papers of Surgeons selected by the Board of Examiners, 1882-1894
    • IOR/L/MIL/9/419 Papers of candidates selected for the Indian Medical Service, 1895-1896
  • findmypast, pay website, also contains the database Britain, Physicians and Surgeons, 1830-1923. Based on data from Calendar of The Royal College of Surgeons in England 1865 to 1923, and Members of The Royal College of Physicians 1830 to 1918, in addition to online books, which are available online (for free), see below. Note these are databases in respect of Specialist doctors.
  • Ancestry, a pay website, in the category Schools, Directories & Church Histories has the following databases:
    • "UK, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615 -1930". (Released October 2016). This database consists of Index records and page images from the book of the same name by D.G. Crawford, see below under Lists of medical officers.
    • "UK & Ireland, Medical Directories, 1845-1942" (Released October 2016). These appear to be commercial publications. “Medical Directories list most practising and retired doctors in Britain and its colonies”. The main publication included is The Medical Directory (1870- 1942), (published at least some periods by J & A Churchill (or variant names) and sometimes referred to as Churchill's Medical Directory) and earlier publications The London Medical Directory (1845-1846), The London and Provincial Medical Directory (1847-1869) The Medical Directory for Ireland (1852-1860), The Medical Directory for Scotland (1852-1860). Broken ranges. The 1924 edition includes Dental Surgeons, Dental Surgeons are also included in most/all? other editions.
    The 1861 edition appears to be the first edition which lists doctors resident overseas. As an example of the contents The Medical Directory for 1924 80th Annual Issue has sections “Abroad”, and “Naval, Military and Indian Services”, see Title page digital page 42 and Contents page, digital page 43. "Practitioners Resident Abroad registered under the Medical Acts of Great Britain and Ireland" digital page 1714/original page 1601. "Registered Practitioners Resident Abroad. Local List. Digital page 1896/original page 1783 Grouped according to Continent/Country. To access these links you must be signed into Ancestry.
Available on Archive.org: The medical directory for Ireland 1852, 1856, 1858; 1859, including [Regulations and conditions relating to] "Her Majesty's Indian Forces" page 270. The London & provincial medical directory for 1861, including "A List of registered Non-Residents" The 1861 edition appears to be the first edition which lists doctors resident overseas; The London and Provincial Medical Directory at Archive.org for 1865, 1866; The Medical Directory at Archive.org for 1870, 1872, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1884.
  • Also available on Ancestry "UK Medical Registers, 1859-1959". "This database contains annually published books listing all of the names of [UK] doctors who were licensed to practise in the United Kingdom and abroad from 1859-1959. Also included are foreign doctors who qualified in Britain. Although these books were published annually, registers have only been digitised on 4 year intervals".
  • See the Fibiwiki section The [London] Gazette on the British Army page.
  • The British Medical Journal is available online at bmj.com from 1840 and is a source of information, particularly the obituaries. It probably has more relevance for English, rather than Scottish doctors. However, this source is now only available to those who have a personal or institutional subscription. Search the archives directly or
Access BMJ and other online journals through PubMed Central (PMC is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature).
PMC Journal List including BMJ
Some editions are available online at Archive.org (refer below)
The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, comprising biographical sketches of all the eminent physicians whose names are recorded in the Annals .. by William Munk
Volume I 1518 to 1700; Volume II 1701 to 1800; Volume III 1801 to 1825. All 2nd edition, revised and enlarged 1878 Archive.org
Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of London 1826-1925 compiled by G H Brown 1955 Archive.org. Catalogued as Volume 4 of the above series. Contains references to Indian service.

British Library

The British Library information page, now archived, 'Indian Medical Service' lists records available in the BL.

There are also “detailed records of service of surgeons and assistant-surgeons, compiled at East India House” to 1858. Bengal Service Army Lists - Medical IOR/L/MIL/10/70-74 c 1765-1858 and LDS microfilm catalogue entry; Madras Service Army Lists - Medical IOR/L/MIL/11/70-72 c 1760-1858 and LDS microfilm catalogue entry; Bombay Service Army Lists - Medical IOR/L/MIL/12/85-87 1763-1858 and LDS microfilm catalogue entry. It is not known to what extent these records are included in Crawford’s book Roll of the Indian Medical Service, refer below.

Records are available on the pay website findmypast (as at June 2014) as the collection British India Office Assistant Surgeons, a section of the British India Office Collection.[1] Refer Online records above.

A pdf document, now archived, by the Wellcome Library lists records in the British Library relating to medicine and health, including manuscripts.

Science and the Changing Environment in India 1780-1920: A Guide to Sources in the India Office Records by Richard Axelby and Savithri Preetha Nair 2009. The guide is arranged in eleven chapters including one in respect of health and disease including medical education. Refer Research guides reading list for more details of this book.

Online histories

Three histories, the first quite short, of the Indian Medical Service, which also contain some biographical details are:

Lists of medical officers

Two particularly useful books, listing service histories etc, are:

Names from this book have been transcribed as a FIBIS database, see FIBIS resources above.
Review in FIBIS Military Reading List.
Ancestry, a pay website, has a database consisting of this book "UK, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615 -1930" consisting of index records and images from the book.
This book includes chapters relating to Bengal (pages 1-243), Madras (pages 244-390), Bombay (pages 391-496), General List 1897-1930 (pages 497-601), Eastern Factories 1605-1775 (pages 602-604); Sumatra or West Coast 1696-1825 (pages 605-617); St. Helena 1684-1831 (pages 618-622); China 1763-1834 (pages 623-624); Prince of Wales Island (page 625); Appendices from page 629. If you are browsing the book through Ancestry, there are errata pages at the beginning of the digital file, before "Contents", pages xv-xvi, digital images 67-68.

Other online lists:

Medical women in India page 114 Englishwoman’s Year Book and Directory 1900 Archive.org. There is also a list for China.
"Some Echoes of the Past" by Lieutenant-Colonel W A Morris page 288 Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Volume 24 1915 Archive.org. Medical officers who lost their lives in N-W P and Oudh Provinces 1788-1860.

Other lists:

  • The Medical Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon ... Compiled by the editorial staff of the Practical Medicine, published at Delhi. The edition for 1910 consists of 4 separate Parts[2]. Part II consisting of those in military employment is available online, see above. Available at the British Library Part II 1908 UIN: BLL01000948662; 1910 UIN: BLL01000948663, but the entry does not say whether the holding is one, or more parts. Classified as a Journal, so perhaps there are further editions. Elsewhere [3] it is stated the title includes Including Native States, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States & British East Africa Protectorate".
  • Thacker's Medical Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon, published 1913-1915. The 1915 edition is available online, see above. The 1914 edition is at the British Library UIN: BLL01000948664 - enquire if there are additional volumes as it is classified as a Journal, perhaps implying more than one edition. 1913 (and 1915) editions appear to be available at Oxford and Cambridge University Libraries, and the National Library of Scotland. Also referred to as editions 1-3.
National Archives of India pay service "Digitise on Demand" includes Thacker's Medical Directory 1914 (Identifier PR_000002709792) abhilekh-patal.in
  • Thacker's Indian Medical Directory, published 1922-1924. Also referred to as editions 4-6. Review of the 1924 edition which indicates contents. Available at Oxford University Library and the National Library of Scotland, but this title is not listed in the British Library catalogue.
There appear to have been at least two further editions, including 1931, 8th edition. A review which indicates the contents (530 pages). The 1931 edition is available at the Royal Society of Medicine Library, London, (Catalogue) which also holds the 1923 edition. In addition this Library holds a book catalogued as
Medical Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon 1924 with "General Note: Including Indian States, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States & Africa Protectorates".

Royal Army Medical Corps and the earlier British Army Medical Services

The Royal Army Medical Corps was established by Royal Warrant on 23rd June 1898. Prior to this there had been two distinct organisations within the Army Medical Services, the Medical Staff (i.e. the officers), and the Medical Staff Corps , which were combined to form the RAMC.

For British Army medical personnel, the previously named Army Medical Services Museum's FAQs now archived page, advises that the AMSM has some details for officers who held a regular commission with the Army Medical Department and the RAMC until 1960. The museum has a small booklet available with useful advice for researching relatives who served with the AMS. Note: there has been a change of name to The Museum of Military Medicine. (This Museum is expected to relocate from its current location to Cardiff in the future.) Also refer British Army for personnel records.

The British Library has the India Office Records: British Army in India: British Medical Officers serving in India IOR/L/MIL/15/20 1872-1912.

The book Commissioned officers in the medical services of the British Army, 1660-1960 is available online, see below.

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps is now available online from 1903, refer below. "Since its early days the Journal also published “Corps News” which gave details of personal occurences of members of the RAMC including the promotion and postings of officers, honours and awards, qualifications gained by senior NCOs of the Corps, casualties whilst on campaign and obituaries of serving officers" [4] Note the "Corps News" appears to be at the back of each monthly edition, and may not be indexed. For some digital volumes, all the "Corps News" (6 editions) appear at the back of the volume. However, the "Corps News" appears to have ceased appearing in the Internet Archive (Archive.org) digitised versions in the early 1920s, although the publication continued, and there are also some digitised editions during WW2.

First World War

Many doctors were granted temporary commissions in the RAMC. Unfortunately, as the RAMC (Temp) officers only served for the duration of the war, their service records were destroyed after 1920. Those for RAMC officers who received permanent commissions between 1871 and 1922, accessible via the index in WO 338/23, are listed in WO 339
The catalogue entry for WO 339 advises it includes records of British reserve officers who were commissioned into the Indian Army.
Note doctors who were young during the First World War may have also served in the Second World War and possibly there may be a service file at the UK Ministry of Defence. For details see British Army - Army personnel serving after January 1921.
  • Doctors including those in the Territorial Force are listed in Monthly Army Lists which have been digitised by the National Library of Scotland in the database '1914-1940 - Monthly army lists'.
As an example, for March 1917, the Listing for the Royal Army Medical Corps commences digital page 1251, including Territorial Force digital page 1303 and continues to digital page 1327. Note. Medical Officers attached to Regiments will appear in the regimental listing, following Quarter-Masters, as an example digital page 1001 March 1917.

Historical books online

Commissioned officers in the medical services of the British Army, 1660-1960 2 Volumes, Vol.1: 1660-1727 by A. Peterkin; 1727-1898 by William Johnston; Vol. 2 1898-1960 by R. Drew. Archive.org. This publication covers permanent, regular officers. There is an index at the back of each volume. Also available, and originating from the Wellcome Collection.
Excluded are the great majority of the Surgeons' Mates (Assistant Surgeons) who served during the eighteenth century, who were warrant officers, serving with warrants given by the Colonel commanding their regiments, and not commissioned officers, serving with warrants conferred by the King.[5]
Archive.org:
Vol IV 1905 Jan., Index; Vol XI 1908: July, Index; Vol XII 1909 Jan., Index; Vol XV 1910 July, Index; Vol. XVI 1911 Jan., Index; Vol. XVII 1911, July, Index.
Volume 25, Jul –Dec 1915

Volume 25 Index

1 (Jul)

Corps News

2 (Aug)

Corp News

3 (Sep)

Corps News

5 (Nov)

Corps News

Volume 30, Jan—Jun 1918

Volume 30 Index

2 (Feb)

Corps News

3 (Mar)

Corps News

4 (Apr)

Corps News

5 (May)

Corps News

6 (Jun)

Corps News

Volume 31, Jul-Dec 1918

Volume 31 Index

1 (Jul)

Corps News

2 (Aug)

Corps News

3 (Sep)

Corps News

4 (Oct)

Corps News

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Corps News

Archive.org editions from 1904 to 1962 broken range. Note the "Corps News" only appears in the digitised books on Archive.org until the early 1920s. However the publication continued and later became The R.A.M.C., The A.D. Corps, and Q.A.I.M.N.S. News and Gazette.

Historical background

Also see Public health

Working conditions and duties

7th edition 1921 by L A Waddell, Lt.-Colonel IMS (Retd). Archive.org

Medical Journals

  • Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta Volume 1, 1825, Vol 2, 1826, Vol 3, 1827, Vol 4, 1829, Vol 5, 1831, Vol 6, 1833 Archive.org; Vol 7 1835 Google Books; Vol 8, 1836, Part I Archive.org. The title then changed to Quarterly Journal of Calcutta Medical and Physical Society which appears to have been published 1837-1838 (six quarterly volumes), in 1842, with the final volume in 1845, again under the title of Transactions... Vol 9, Part I, 1845 Archive.org.
  • Madras Quarterly Medical Journal 1839 to 1844 - many interesting articles by Madras surgeons including medical reports on various regiments. Google Books
Volume 1 1839,Volume 2 1840,Volume 3 1841, Volume 4 1842,Volume 5 1843,Volume 6 1844
  • Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science Google Books
Volume 1 1860, Volume 2 1861, Volume 3 1861, Volume 4 1862, Volume 5 1862, Volume 6 1863,Volume 7 1863, Volume 8 1865, Volume 9 1866, Volume 10 1866, Volume 11 1867, Volume 12 1868, Index to Volumes 1-12, pages 409-470 of Volume 12
  • The Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science Google Books
Volume 2 July-December 1870, Index, Volume 3, January-June 1871 Index, Volume 4, July-December 1871 Index, Google Books. 1872, Index to Volume V Hathi Trust
US National Library of Medicine Collection 1866-1955, missing three editions.
Scientific Memoirs by Officers of the Medical and Sanitary Departments of the Government of India. Broken range of editions from New Series Volume 1 1902 to New Series Volume 60 1913. Archive.org
  • A broken range of editions of half yearly volumes of the British Medical Journal 1862-1923, and later, is available at Archive.org including the First World War years
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In addition there, also on Archive.org, British Medical Journal 1857-2015 collection, consisting of digitised microfilm of the weekly editions, which is searchable as a collection. Some editions are Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

Appointment

For appointment procedures, refer to the Individuals section Doctors and Surgeons and George Aldred.

Field hospitals

William Lewis M'Gregor, a surgeon himself, writing in his The history of the Sikhs (Vol 1, 1846), describes the work of a regimental surgeon during the 1st Sikh War and calls for field hospitals to be used in future conflicts. "The Loodianah Field Hospital, With Remarks On The State of The Army Medical Department in India" by John Murray, M.D., Field Surgeon, page 158, Medical Times (published in 1849) is an account of a Field Hospital after battle in 1846, including medical details, with the slightly wounded carried out on elephants. "Field Arrangements in India" from Army Hygiene by Charles Alexander Gordon M.D. (1866) describes the Logistics of a Field Hospital, including details of the number of camels required.

Civil Surgeons

Civil Surgeons, it seems, led demanding and frustrating lives although the pay was better than in the Military and the range of professional duties greater.

Assistant Surgeons, and sometimes Surgeons, in civil employment were often Superintendent of Jails.

Non-medical duties

Some surgeons were engaged in work which today would be regarded as scientific or senior administrative roles. Most of the botanists in the earlier years were surgeons, see botanists and naturalists for more information. WCB Eatwell MD was ‘First Asst. and Opium Examiner. Board of Customs, Salt and Opium’. He was the author of “Report no.1: On the Poppy Cultivation, and the Benares Opium Agency” from Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal (1851) Google Books.

“Doctors as Civil and Political Officers” by Lieut-Col D G Crawford I.M.S from The Indian Medical Gazette, Volume 39, 1904, page 1.

External links

Online draft of this article Wellcome Library RAMC/1582, catalogued as "Draft of "The journal of Patrick Sinclair Laing, assistant surgeon, 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot, 1842 to 1847, in India"". Note, the draft is longer, and has information from 1842.
Patrick Sinclair Laing was a member of the British Army Medical Services.
These doctors were mainly Jewish. Between the years 1933 and 1938, there were three waves of forced emigration to British India. The first started in the year 1933 with German doctors. A second wave started with Jewish refugees coming from Italy. The Austrian exodus after the German occupation in March 1938 formed the third wave of medical refugees coming to British India, at which point Czech and Hungarian Jewish medical refugees started joining the population of refugees.
Margit Franz is the author of Gateway India. German-speaking Exile to India between British colonial rule, Maharajas and Gandhi. There is an interview with Dr. Margit Franz in a 2017 article "From the Reich to the Raj" (jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com).

Historical books online

"Transportation of Sick and Wounded" page 240 Military Surgery by George Williamson 1863 Archive.org. Includes details of conveyances used in India.
  • Annual Report for the National Association for Supplying Female Medical Aid to the Women of India for the year... [part of The Countess of Dufferin’s Fund]
1891 including "Lady doctors" page 52; 1909; 1918 including "Members of the Women’s Medical Service for India" (digital page 747). All Archive.org
  • [Catalogued as] Indian Medical Service Report 1912 Archive.org
  • A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison. Varying titles over time. Most editions contain the wording "Carefully revised and greatly enlarged" (or similar).
1833, 2nd edition, 1839, 3rd edition, 1842, 4th edition, 1844, 5th edition 1845, 6th edition, 1846, 7th edition 1848, 1857, 1860, 1866, 1868, 1874, 21st edition 1893, 23rd edition 1903 All Archive.org.
There are a few additional editions on Archive.org, currently all were published in the 1850s.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 The British in India Collection British Library Help for Researchers, now an archived webpage.
  2. Advertisement in Texas Medical Journal circa p 415 1910 Archive.org
  3. Burma/Myanmar Bibliographical Project, Letter M, page 77 crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de.
  4. Archived JRAMC webpage.
  5. Preface, Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930 by D.G. Crawford 1930 Archive.org.
  6. frev. Norwegian Matron on Indian Hospital Ship Great War Forum 3 October 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  7. Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road, photograph 114, exhibition at the J Paul Getty Museum