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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*For books on Indian medicinal plants and drugs see [[Scientific books online#Botany in British India|Scientific books online - Botany in British India]]
*For books on Indian medicinal plants and drugs see [[Scientific books online#Botany in British India|Scientific books online - Botany in British India]]
*[https://archive.org/details/accountofmannero00holw/page/n7/mode/2up  ''An account of the manner of inoculating for the Small Pox in the East Indies : with some observations on the practice and mode of treating that disease in those parts''] by J Z Holwell FRS 1767. Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=e2dhiIwJICAC&pg=PP7 ''Observations on Hepatic Diseases, Incidental to Europeans, in the East-Indies''] by Stephen Mathews, Surgeon 1783 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=e2dhiIwJICAC&pg=PP7 ''Observations on Hepatic Diseases, Incidental to Europeans, in the East-Indies''] by Stephen Mathews, Surgeon 1783 Google Books
:Page 304 [https://archive.org/details/b21459484/page/304/mode/2up  ''... also, Observations on the hepatitis of the East Indies''] by John Hunter 3rd edition 1808, first published 1788, (2nd edition 1796) Archive.org.   
:Page 304 [https://archive.org/details/b21459484/page/304/mode/2up  ''... also, Observations on the hepatitis of the East Indies''] by John Hunter 3rd edition 1808, first published 1788, (2nd edition 1796) Archive.org.   
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**[https://archive.org/stream/queensdaughters00butlgoog#page/n19/mode/1up Regimental brothels] page 15. These were set up under the Cantonment Act 1864.
**[https://archive.org/stream/queensdaughters00butlgoog#page/n19/mode/1up Regimental brothels] page 15. These were set up under the Cantonment Act 1864.
:Investigation and Report by two American missionaries into the government sanctioned brothels in British Army cantonments.  It is believed the authors visited India  after the Cantonment Act of 1889, perhaps c early 1890s.
:Investigation and Report by two American missionaries into the government sanctioned brothels in British Army cantonments.  It is believed the authors visited India  after the Cantonment Act of 1889, perhaps c early 1890s.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21933467#page/n27/mode/2up The Cantonment Act of 1897], page 12  ''A Manual of Venereal Diseases'' by Officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1907 Archive.org. A report on Venereal Disease in the Army.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21933467#page/n27/mode/2up The Cantonment Act of 1897], page 12  ''A Manual of Venereal Diseases'' by Officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1907 Archive.org. A report on Venereal Disease in the Army, with many references  to India. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_EPx61RSTtQC 2nd edition, 1913] is Searchable and should be available full view in North America etc. Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/undersurface00martuoft ''Under the Surface''] by L [Louisa] Martindale, M.D., B.S. 2nd edition, first published c 1907 has two chapters relevant to prostitution in cantonments in India. [https://archive.org/stream/undersurface00martuoft#page/54/mode/2up Chapter V] appears to imply the system was still in existence in 1907, and refers to the Cantonments Code of 1899
*[https://archive.org/details/undersurface00martuoft ''Under the Surface''] by L [Louisa] Martindale, M.D., B.S. 2nd edition, first published c 1907 has two chapters relevant to prostitution in cantonments in India. [https://archive.org/stream/undersurface00martuoft#page/54/mode/2up Chapter V] appears to imply the system was still in existence in 1907, and refers to the Cantonments Code of 1899
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.174625/page/n80/mode/1up Page 76] ''Footslogger An Autobiography'' by Graham Seton (Lieutenant- Colonel G S  Hutchinson) 4th Impression 1933 Archive.org. C 1911, it was the duty of the Regimental Orderly Officer to close the  gates of the Government-controlled brothels  at closing time. The author was in the [[25th Regiment of Foot| King's Own Scottish Borderers]] at [[Ranikhet]].
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.174625/page/n80/mode/1up Page 76] ''Footslogger An Autobiography'' by Graham Seton (Lieutenant- Colonel G S  Hutchinson) 4th Impression 1933 Archive.org. C 1911, it was the duty of the Regimental Orderly Officer to close the  gates of the Government-controlled brothels  at closing time. The author was in the [[25th Regiment of Foot| King's Own Scottish Borderers]] at [[Ranikhet]].
*[https://archive.org/details/racesexclassunde0000ball ''Race, sex, and class under the Raj : imperial attitudes and policies and their critics, 1793-1905''] by Kenneth Ballhatchet 1980. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/racesexclassunde0000ball ''Race, sex, and class under the Raj : imperial attitudes and policies and their critics, 1793-1905''] by Kenneth Ballhatchet 1980. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/underraj00suma ''Under the Raj : Prostitution in Colonial Bengal''] by Sumanta  Banerjee 1998. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/underraj00suma ''Under the Raj : Prostitution in Colonial Bengal''] by Sumanta  Banerjee 1998. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/53/5/382.full.pdf "Cholera in the Army in India Over a Hundred Years Ago" [1813 treatment<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Major W. W. S. Sharpe  ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1929;53:5 pages 382-385   
*[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1929-vol53/page/381/mode/2up "Cholera in the Army in India Over a Hundred Years Ago" [1813 treatment<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Major W. W. S. Sharpe  ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1929;53:5 pages 382-385. Archive.org  
*Article [https://archive.org/stream/MadrasCourier1819/MadrasCourier1819-01-12#page/n1/mode/1up  Hindu medical treatment for Spasmodic Cholera] ''Madras Courier January 12 1819'', (pages 2-3 of the book file).  Also includes an additional comment about [https://archive.org/stream/MadrasCourier1819/MadrasCourier1819-01-12#page/n2/mode/1up  Inocuation for the Cow-Pox known to Hindu Medical writers] (page 3 of the book file).  There is a comment [https://archive.org/details/MadrasCourier1819 here]  under “Description”  about this part of the article. Archive.org
*Article [https://archive.org/stream/MadrasCourier1819/MadrasCourier1819-01-12#page/n1/mode/1up  Hindu medical treatment for Spasmodic Cholera] ''Madras Courier January 12 1819'', (pages 2-3 of the book file).  Also includes an additional comment about [https://archive.org/stream/MadrasCourier1819/MadrasCourier1819-01-12#page/n2/mode/1up  Inocuation for the Cow-Pox known to Hindu Medical writers] (page 3 of the book file).  There is a comment [https://archive.org/details/MadrasCourier1819 here]  under “Description”  about this part of the article. Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=B2JV9lJn0VIC&pg=PR3 ''An Essay on the Epidemic Cholera of India''] by Reginald Orton, Surgeon 2nd edition 1831 (first published c 1820) Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=B2JV9lJn0VIC&pg=PR3 ''An Essay on the Epidemic Cholera of India''] by Reginald Orton, Surgeon 2nd edition 1831 (first published c 1820) Google Books
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NxcDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Rules regarding the measures to be adopted on the outbreak of cholera or appearance of small-pox (G.O.C.C. No 193, dated 3rd August 1870)''] 1870 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NxcDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Rules regarding the measures to be adopted on the outbreak of cholera or appearance of small-pox (G.O.C.C. No 193, dated 3rd August 1870)''] 1870 Google Books
*[http://archive.org/stream/asiaticorbengalc00pete#page/n3/mode/2up ''The Asiatic or Bengal Cholera of 1867 to 1873''] by John C. Peters. 1874. Reprinted from Volume 1, Public Health Papers of American Public Health Association. Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/asiaticorbengalc00pete#page/n3/mode/2up ''The Asiatic or Bengal Cholera of 1867 to 1873''] by John C. Peters. 1874. Reprinted from Volume 1, Public Health Papers of American Public Health Association. Archive.org
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/49/1/63.full.pdf "Cholera in the Army in India Nearly Fifty Years Ago" [c 1881<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by  Major-General W. H. Ogilvie ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1927;49:1 pages 63-65
*[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1927-vol49/page/63/mode/2up "Cholera in the Army in India Nearly Fifty Years Ago" [c 1881<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by  Major-General W. H. Ogilvie ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1927;49:1 pages 63-65. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/reportforyeargr03unkngoog/page/n360 "Report on the Cholera Camp at Kokrail, Lucknow, from 31st July to 27th August 1894"] by Surgeon-Captain H N Thompson, Army Medical Staff, page 350 ''Army Medical Department Report for the year 1895'', Volume 37, published 1896.  Archive.org.  Involved the [[30th Regiment of Foot|1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment]].  
*[https://archive.org/details/reportforyeargr03unkngoog/page/n360 "Report on the Cholera Camp at Kokrail, Lucknow, from 31st July to 27th August 1894"] by Surgeon-Captain H N Thompson, Army Medical Staff, page 350 ''Army Medical Department Report for the year 1895'', Volume 37, published 1896.  Archive.org.  Involved the [[30th Regiment of Foot|1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment]].  
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924003195769 ''Indian Snake Poisons, their Nature and Effects''] by A J Wall, MD, of the Medical Staff, HM’s Indian Army. 1883 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924003195769 ''Indian Snake Poisons, their Nature and Effects''] by A J Wall, MD, of the Medical Staff, HM’s Indian Army. 1883 Archive.org
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:[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55050012 "Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot"] by Joel Gunter and Vikas Pandey c 12 December 2020. BBC News.  
:[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55050012 "Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot"] by Joel Gunter and Vikas Pandey c 12 December 2020. BBC News.  
:The book ''The Brilliant and Tragic Life of W. M. W. Haffkine, Bacteriologist'' by Selman A Waksman, published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1964 is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01003831470
:The book ''The Brilliant and Tragic Life of W. M. W. Haffkine, Bacteriologist'' by Selman A Waksman, published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1964 is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01003831470
*[https://archive.org/details/wideworldmag1910-v25/page/581/mode/2up  "A Remarkable War. Plague Fighting in Bombay"] by Dr J A Turner, Medical Officer of Health, Bombay page 582 ''The Wide World Magazine. Volume 25 1910 May-October''. Archive.org
*For reports on Rats in connection with plague research, see [[Scientific books online]]
*For reports on Rats in connection with plague research, see [[Scientific books online]]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=dUFYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Notes ... for the guidance of troops and all others proceeding into the Hill Tracts of the Northern Circars. [With a letter on the same subject from E. A. Samuells<nowiki>]</nowiki>''] by George Thomas Haly 1855 Google Books. Regarding malaria treatment (in an area in Madras Presidency  along the western side of the Bay of Bengal)
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=dUFYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Notes ... for the guidance of troops and all others proceeding into the Hill Tracts of the Northern Circars. [With a letter on the same subject from E. A. Samuells<nowiki>]</nowiki>''] by George Thomas Haly 1855 Google Books. Regarding malaria treatment (in an area in Madras Presidency  along the western side of the Bay of Bengal)
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*[https://archive.org/details/b28709871  ''On Duty under a Tropical Sun : being some practical suggestions for the maintenance of health and bodily comfort and the treatment of simple diseases, with remarks on clothing and equipment for the guidance of travellers in tropical countries''] by Major S Leigh Hunt Madras Army and Alexander S Kenny 1882 Archive.org. Includes military matters.
*[https://archive.org/details/b28709871  ''On Duty under a Tropical Sun : being some practical suggestions for the maintenance of health and bodily comfort and the treatment of simple diseases, with remarks on clothing and equipment for the guidance of travellers in tropical countries''] by Major S Leigh Hunt Madras Army and Alexander S Kenny 1882 Archive.org. Includes military matters.
:[https://archive.org/details/tropicaltrialsha00hunt  ''Tropical Trials. A Hand-book for Women in the Tropics''] by Major S Leigh Hunt Madras Army and Alexander S Kenny. 1883 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/tropicaltrialsha00hunt  ''Tropical Trials. A Hand-book for Women in the Tropics''] by Major S Leigh Hunt Madras Army and Alexander S Kenny. 1883 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/b28991023/page/n1/mode/2up ''Medical Hints for the Hills''] by Dr S O Bishop. Printed at Darjeeling 1888. Archive.org. Written for those coming to a hill station from the plains, especially those who come on account of their health.
*[https://archive.org/details/b28986222/page/n5 ''Practical hints on the preservation of health in India : together with short notes on the treatment of the more common accidents and ailments incidental to life in India''] by  George S. A. Ranking, Lieutenant-Colonel, Indian Medical Service. 1903 Archive.org.  
*[https://archive.org/details/b28986222/page/n5 ''Practical hints on the preservation of health in India : together with short notes on the treatment of the more common accidents and ailments incidental to life in India''] by  George S. A. Ranking, Lieutenant-Colonel, Indian Medical Service. 1903 Archive.org.  
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924004963538#page/n5/mode/2up ''Tropical hygiene for residents in tropical and sub-tropical climates''] by Sir Charles Pardey Lukis, Robert James Blackham, 3rd edition 1915 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924004963538#page/n5/mode/2up ''Tropical hygiene for residents in tropical and sub-tropical climates''] by Sir Charles Pardey Lukis, Robert James Blackham, 3rd edition 1915 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6406/page/n1/mode/2up ''McNallyʼs Sanitary Handbook for India. Fifth edition''], revised and rewritten by A J H Russell, Captain Indian Medical Service. 1916 Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. First published 1889 with special reference to the Madras Presidency and intended for the use of Sanitary Officers and Medical Students etc.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6406/page/n1/mode/2up ''McNallyʼs Sanitary Handbook for India. Fifth edition''], revised and rewritten by A J H Russell, Captain Indian Medical Service. 1916 Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. [https://archive.org/details/b32747652/page/n5/mode/2up 2nd File, Archive.org], Wellcome Library collection. First published 1889 with special reference to the Madras Presidency and intended for the use of Sanitary Officers and Medical Students etc.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportofcommitte00indi#page/n7/mode/2up ''Report of the committee appointed by the government of India to examine the question of the reorganization of the medical services in India (president: Sir Verney Lovett) April, 1919'']. Published 1920 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportofcommitte00indi#page/n7/mode/2up ''Report of the committee appointed by the government of India to examine the question of the reorganization of the medical services in India (president: Sir Verney Lovett) April, 1919'']. Published 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.01776/page/n3/mode/2up ''On the dysenteries of India: with a chapter on secondary streptococcal infections and sprue''] by Hugh W Acton and  R Knowles,  both Lieut.-Col. IMS, Professor, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1928 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.01776/page/n3/mode/2up ''On the dysenteries of India: with a chapter on secondary streptococcal infections and sprue''] by Hugh W Acton and  R Knowles,  both Lieut.-Col. IMS, Professor, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1928 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.04236/page/n1/mode/2up ''The medical guide for India and index of treatment''] by E J O’Meara, Lt.-Col. IMS (Retd), late Civil Surgeon and Principal of the Medical School Agra. Fourth Edition Completely Revised and Greatly Enlarged  1935, first published 1920. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.04236/page/n1/mode/2up ''The medical guide for India and index of treatment''] by E J O’Meara, Lt.-Col. IMS (Retd), late Civil Surgeon and Principal of the Medical School Agra. Fourth Edition Completely Revised and Greatly Enlarged  1935, first published 1920. Archive.org.
*''Memoranda on Medical Diseases in Tropical and Sub-tropical Areas'' by [Great Britain] War Office. [https://archive.org/details/b32175504/page/n1/mode/2up 7th edition 1942] Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/medical-diseases-tropical-8th-ed-1946/page/n5/mode/2up 8th edition 1946] Archive.org, [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=tpEXAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1  1946 Google Books].
*[https://archive.org/details/digestofvitalsta00ewar/page/n3/mode/2up ''A digest of the vital statistics of the European and native armies in India : interspersed with suggestions for the eradication and mitigation of the preventible and avoidable causes of sickness and mortality amongst imported and indigenous troops''] by Joseph Ewart, Bengal Medical Service 1859 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/digestofvitalsta00ewar/page/n3/mode/2up ''A digest of the vital statistics of the European and native armies in India : interspersed with suggestions for the eradication and mitigation of the preventible and avoidable causes of sickness and mortality amongst imported and indigenous troops''] by Joseph Ewart, Bengal Medical Service 1859 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/b2232091x ''The British Soldier in India''] by Frederic J Mouat, Surgeon  H M’s Bengal Army and Inspector-General of Jails, Bengal. 1859. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b2232091x ''The British Soldier in India''] by Frederic J Mouat, Surgeon  H M’s Bengal Army and Inspector-General of Jails, Bengal. 1859. Archive.org
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**[https://archive.org/stream/b21355885#page/22/mode/2up Page 22 onwards]. The age of 25 is most suitable for campaigning in the tropics, and no man should be sent to India under age 20.
**[https://archive.org/stream/b21355885#page/22/mode/2up Page 22 onwards]. The age of 25 is most suitable for campaigning in the tropics, and no man should be sent to India under age 20.
*[https://archive.org/details/b29003908/page/n5/mode/2up ''Army Regulations, India. Volume VI Medical. Corrected up to 1st April 1906''] by Government of India Military Department. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b29003908/page/n5/mode/2up ''Army Regulations, India. Volume VI Medical. Corrected up to 1st April 1906''] by Government of India Military Department. Archive.org
:[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
*[https://archive.org/details/b2135957x  ''Prevention of Disease and Inefficiency, with special reference to Indian Frontier Warfare''] by Lieut.-Col. Patrick Hehir IMS, Officiating Principal Medical Officer, Burma Division. 2nd Edition - Illustrated and Revised. 1911. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b2135957x  ''Prevention of Disease and Inefficiency, with special reference to Indian Frontier Warfare''] by Lieut.-Col. Patrick Hehir IMS, Officiating Principal Medical Officer, Burma Division. 2nd Edition - Illustrated and Revised. 1911. Archive.org
*[http://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b18954868#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=40&z=-0.5847%2C-0.0681%2C2.1695%2C1.3628 ''Notes on Sanitation for Indian troops''] by T. F. Paterson, Captain, Indian Medical Service. 2nd edition, edited by Major D.R. Thapar, 1933, originally published 1911, In English and Roman Urdu. Wellcome Library Digital Collection,  catalogue reference RAMC/184
:[https://archive.org/details/b28987214/mode/2up ''The March : its mechanism, effects and hygiene''] by Lieut.-Col Patrick Hehir IMS 1912 Archive.org
*[https://wellcomecollection.org/works/vptxcs2p ''Notes on Sanitation for Indian troops''] by T. F. Paterson, Captain, Indian Medical Service. 2nd edition, edited by Major D.R. Thapar, 1933, originally published 1911, In English and Roman Urdu, catalogue details. [https://wellcomecollection.org/works/vptxcs2p/items Direct link] Wellcome Library Digital Collection,  catalogue reference RAMC/184
*[https://archive.org/details/b29342648/page/n3/mode/2up ''On the preparations of the Indian hemp, or gunjah, (Cannabis Indica) their effects on the animal system in health, and their utility in the treatment of tetanus and other convulsive disorders''] by  W B O'Shaughnessy, MD  ((William Brooke), Sir) 1839 Archive.org. A  shorter article with the same title was published [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2490410/?page=1 ''Prov Med J Retrosp Med Sci.'' 1843 Jan 28; 5(122): 343–347] ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. A footnote on page 1 states "Published in the ''Transactions of the Medical Society of Calcutta'' for 1839, and now revised by the Author for the ''Provincial Medical Journal''. [https://archive.org/details/b2840709x/mode/2up 1843 edition, updated.] Archive.org. Cover page states reprinted from TMSC 1838, and PMJ 1843. An abstract in ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal'' Sept 1839, ([https://archive.org/stream/journalofasiatic08asia#page/732/mode/1up page 732]) indicates that it appeared in the November 1839 TMPS.
*[https://archive.org/details/b29342648/page/n3/mode/2up ''On the preparations of the Indian hemp, or gunjah, (Cannabis Indica) their effects on the animal system in health, and their utility in the treatment of tetanus and other convulsive disorders''] by  W B O'Shaughnessy, MD  ((William Brooke), Sir) 1839 Archive.org. A  shorter article with the same title was published [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2490410/?page=1 ''Prov Med J Retrosp Med Sci.'' 1843 Jan 28; 5(122): 343–347] ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. A footnote on page 1 states "Published in the ''Transactions of the Medical Society of Calcutta'' for 1839, and now revised by the Author for the ''Provincial Medical Journal''. [https://archive.org/details/b2840709x/mode/2up 1843 edition, updated.] Archive.org. Cover page states reprinted from TMSC 1838, and PMJ 1843. An abstract in ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal'' Sept 1839, ([https://archive.org/stream/journalofasiatic08asia#page/732/mode/1up page 732]) indicates that it appeared in the November 1839 TMPS.
*[http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=74908458 ''Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission of 1893 -94'']. Volume 1: Report, Volume 2: Appendices - Enquiry as to the Connection Between Hemp Drugs and Insanity, Volume 3: Appendices – Miscellaneous, Volume 4: Evidence of Witnesses from Bengal and Assam, Volume 5: Evidence of Witnesses from North-Western Provinces and Oudh and Punjab, (not digitized at August 2014), Volume 6: Evidence of Witnesses from Central Provinces and Madras, Volume 7: Evidence of Witnesses from Bombay, Sind, Berar, Ajmere, Coorg, Baluchistan and Burma, Volume 8: Supplementary Volume - Answers Received to Selected Questions for the Native Army. National Library of Scotland-Medical History of British India
*[http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=74908458 ''Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission of 1893 -94'']. Volume 1: Report, Volume 2: Appendices - Enquiry as to the Connection Between Hemp Drugs and Insanity, Volume 3: Appendices – Miscellaneous, Volume 4: Evidence of Witnesses from Bengal and Assam, Volume 5: Evidence of Witnesses from North-Western Provinces and Oudh and Punjab, (not digitized at August 2014), Volume 6: Evidence of Witnesses from Central Provinces and Madras, Volume 7: Evidence of Witnesses from Bombay, Sind, Berar, Ajmere, Coorg, Baluchistan and Burma, Volume 8: Supplementary Volume - Answers Received to Selected Questions for the Native Army. National Library of Scotland-Medical History of British India
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*''Hints for the general management of children in India, in the absence of professional advice''. Title  and authors subsequently varied over time: ''Goodeve's hints for the general management of children in India''  7th edition 1879 Entirely rewritten by Edward A Birch, Surgeon-Major, Bengal Establishment;  ''The management and medical treatment of children in India'';  ''Birch's Management And Medical Treatment Of Children In India''; ''Birch's Management And Medical Treatment Of Children In India And The Tropics''.
*''Hints for the general management of children in India, in the absence of professional advice''. Title  and authors subsequently varied over time: ''Goodeve's hints for the general management of children in India''  7th edition 1879 Entirely rewritten by Edward A Birch, Surgeon-Major, Bengal Establishment;  ''The management and medical treatment of children in India'';  ''Birch's Management And Medical Treatment Of Children In India''; ''Birch's Management And Medical Treatment Of Children In India And The Tropics''.
:[https://archive.org/details/b2870888x 4th edition 1856 by Dr H H Goodeve] First published 1844. [https://archive.org/details/b21498039 7th edition 1879] Entirely rewritten by Edward A Birch, Surgeon-Major, Bengal Establishment.  Became Birch’s 1st edition. [https://archive.org/details/b28710344 2nd edition 1886], [https://archive.org/details/b21500241 3rd edition 1895], [https://archive.org/details/managementmedica00bircrich 5th edition 1913] Updated by  C R M Green and  V B Green-Armytage. All Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.12214 7th edition 1929]  by V. B. Green-Armytage and E.H.Vere Hodge, Archive.org mirror from Digital Library of India; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.547297 8th edition 1933] by E. H. Vere Hodge 1933,  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31264 9th edition 1933]. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/b2870888x 4th edition 1856 by Dr H H Goodeve] First published 1844. [https://archive.org/details/b21498039 7th edition 1879] Entirely rewritten by Edward A Birch, Surgeon-Major, Bengal Establishment.  Became Birch’s 1st edition. [https://archive.org/details/b28710344 2nd edition 1886], [https://archive.org/details/b21500241 3rd edition 1895], [https://archive.org/details/managementmedica00bircrich 5th edition 1913] Updated by  C R M Green and  V B Green-Armytage. All Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.12214 7th edition 1929]  by V. B. Green-Armytage and E.H.Vere Hodge, Archive.org mirror from Digital Library of India; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.547297 8th edition 1933] by E. H. Vere Hodge 1933,  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31264 9th edition 1933]. Archive.org
*[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/34048 ''Moore's manual of family medicine and hygiene for India''] by C A Sprawson,  and  R D Alexander, Government of India Press, New Delhi, 1936. Link to a pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India
*[https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/34048 ''Moore's manual of family medicine and hygiene for India''] by C A Sprawson,  and  R D Alexander, Government of India Press, New Delhi, 1936. Link to a pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India
*[http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=74905433&mode=transcription  "List of Stations at which Military Family Hospitals are authorised"] An Appendix from  ''Regulations for the Medical Services of the Army of India 1930''  National Library of Scotland 'Medical History of British India' digital books
*[http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=74905433&mode=transcription  "List of Stations at which Military Family Hospitals are authorised"] An Appendix from  ''Regulations for the Medical Services of the Army of India 1930''  National Library of Scotland 'Medical History of British India' digital books
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/102/4/217.full.pdf  "The Spine Pad: A Discarded Item of Tropical Clothing: An Historical and Physiological Survey"] by  E. T. Renbourn ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1956;102:4 pages 217-233. Also includes helmets.
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/102/4/217.full.pdf  "The Spine Pad: A Discarded Item of Tropical Clothing: An Historical and Physiological Survey"] by  E. T. Renbourn ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1956;102:4 pages 217-233. Also includes helmets.

Latest revision as of 13:38, 11 July 2024

Occupations

Occupations in the field of public health include:

See also, Indian Subordinate Medical Department

FIBIS resources

  • "Lost and Found-the records of Pembroke House" by Sylvia Dibbs FIBIS Journal Number 28 (Autumn 2012) pages 41-46 . Captain John Dibbs was a patient at the Lunatic Asylum at Bhowanipur in 1836 and was admitted to Pembroke House, the lunatic asylum run by the East India Company for its afflicted personnel, in Hackney London in 1837. See FIBIS Journals for details of how to access this article.
  • "Owen Berkeley-Hill and Psychiatry in India" by Mike Young" FIBIS Journal Number 30 (Autumn 2013) pages 8-20

Recommended Reading

  • 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. For full review see Research guides reading list

See also

External links

  • Medical History of British India, many Disease and Public Health reports, including military reports, from 19th and 20th century British India, from the National Library of Scotland, available online.
The Online Project is described in this 2009 link[1]

Historical books online

Page 304 ... also, Observations on the hepatitis of the East Indies by John Hunter 3rd edition 1808, first published 1788, (2nd edition 1796) Archive.org.
The Prison and the Mad House. Being the Narrative of a Visit Paid to the Alipore Jail ... and to the Bhowanipore and Dullunda Asylums by Mr. T. H. Lloyd, Etc. [Reprinted from the Calcutta “Englishman.”] 1858 Google Books
Annual Report on the Insane Asylums in Bengal for the year... 1862, published 1863; 1870, published 1871 Google Books
Insanity In India: Its Symptoms and Diagnosis. With reference to the relation of Crime and Insanity by G. F. W. Ewens, Major, Indian Medical Service. 1908 Archive.org.
The Indian lunacy manual for medical officers and the general public : a summary of the lunacy acts and rules regulating the admission into, detention in, and discharge from Government Lunatic Asylums of private and public patients compiled by Major R Bryson, Indian Medical Service, revised by Captain P Heffernan IMS. 3rd edition 1913. Archive.org.
Health management of plantation coolies page 290, The Experiences of a Planter in the Jungles of Mysore, Volume II by Robert H Elliot 1871 Google Books
Investigation and Report by two American missionaries into the government sanctioned brothels in British Army cantonments. It is believed the authors visited India after the Cantonment Act of 1889, perhaps c early 1890s.
" India: Bengal. Report" by C. Macnamara, Medical Officer-in-Charge of the "Chandnie" Hospital, Calcutta, and Surgeon to the Ophthalmic Hospital. Page 87 ‪Reports on the progress of practical and scientific medicine, ed. by H. Dobell, Volume 2‬, 1871. Google Books. Includes a section on "Asiatic Cholera", and also "The Epidemic Fever of Bengal", malarial disease.
A History of Asiatic Cholera by C. Macnamara 1876 Archive.org.
Sir J Fayrer also wrote on deaths caused by wild animals, including snakes, see Scientific books online - Animals.
In Memoriam. Waldemar Mordecai Wolff Haffkine. Born 15 (3) March, 1860. Died 26 October, 1930 by W Bulloch [William]. Repr. from: The journal of pathology and bacteriology, vol. 34 1931. Archive.org
"W.M.W.Haffkine, Bacteriologist - A Great Saviour of Mankind" by H I Jhala Indian Journal of History of Science, Volume 2, Issue 2 1967. insa.nic.in
"Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot" by Joel Gunter and Vikas Pandey c 12 December 2020. BBC News.
The book The Brilliant and Tragic Life of W. M. W. Haffkine, Bacteriologist by Selman A Waksman, published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1964 is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01003831470
Tropical Trials. A Hand-book for Women in the Tropics by Major S Leigh Hunt Madras Army and Alexander S Kenny. 1883 Archive.org.
[Volume B] Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 with Map of India showing the Military Stations c 1864 and "Abstract of Sanitary Details in Reports from Principal Military Stations in Bengal" page 335 (Madras Presidency page 403 Bombay 443) Archive.org. The first 156 pages in Volume B is the same information as the first 196 pages in Volume A. Volume B also contains
[Volume C] Observations on the evidence contained in the Stational Reports submitted to her by the Royal Commission on the Sanitary State of the Army in India by Florence Nightingale 1863
Volumes A, B, C overlap and form part of the contents of two additional publications Volumes I and II, which contain the detailed evidence given to the Commissioners.
Report of Royal Commission on the Sanitary State of the Army in India. Pdf download, GIPE Digitised Books, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. Titles as catalogued.
Vol. I: Precis of Evidence, Minutes of Evidence and Addenda (943 pages)
Vol. 1: Report of the Commissioners Minutes of Evidence. Part. II (632 pages)
Vol. II: Appendix, 1. Reports from stations in India and its dependencies occupied by British and by native troops. 2. Reports of inspectors-general of hospitals. 3. Reports on stations in Ceylon (959 pages)
Vol. 2: Appendix Report of the Commissioners Minutes of Evidence. Part. II (488 pages)
Also available on the subscription website "House of Commons Parliamentary Papers", as part of Paper number 3184 of 1863 - Document type: Command Papers; Reports Of Commissioners.
"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
The March : its mechanism, effects and hygiene by Lieut.-Col Patrick Hehir IMS 1912 Archive.org
4th edition 1856 by Dr H H Goodeve First published 1844. 7th edition 1879 Entirely rewritten by Edward A Birch, Surgeon-Major, Bengal Establishment. Became Birch’s 1st edition. 2nd edition 1886, 3rd edition 1895, 5th edition 1913 Updated by C R M Green and V B Green-Armytage. All Archive.org. 7th edition 1929 by V. B. Green-Armytage and E.H.Vere Hodge, Archive.org mirror from Digital Library of India; 8th edition 1933 by E. H. Vere Hodge 1933, 9th edition 1933. Archive.org

References

  1. Usher, Jan (2009). "The Medical History of British India Online Project" from Positioning the Profession: the Tenth International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Brisbane, Australia, August 31-September 4, 2009.