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→The Situation by the 1870s
They were also allowed a Field Allowance of Rs 30 per mensem (month) when marching or in the field. Also a staff or employed allowance when senior with, or in subordinate medical charge of, the hospital of a British Regiment or detachment of British Troops, or a Battery of Artillery, or a Depot or Sanitarium or when attached to a General Hospital or Medical Store Depot. Hospital Assistants were in a different stream, serving in Native Regiments and Hospitals.
The book is ''A Code of Medical and Sanitary Regulations for the Guidance of Medical Officers serving in the Madras Presidency'' (2 Volumes) by William Robert Cornish (1870). They are available to read online on the National Library of Scotland’s website [http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=75063734 Medical History of British India]. The above references are in [http://digitalbooks.nlsgoogle.ukcom/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfmbooks?id=75063779 WhUDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 1], Google Books
Gary Bateman has advised that “Civil Apothecary was an intermediate class between Civil Assistant Surgeon and Civil Hospital Assistant. It was only in the Madras Presidency and started in 1875 but was abolished in 1884. There were five grades, Rs 50, 75, 100, 125, & 150 with an additional Rs50 charge allowance.”
