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== External links == | == External links == | ||
*British Library webpage [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpsubject/history/genealogy/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/indianmedicalservice/indianmedical.html Indian Medical Service] which lists the records available in the B.L. | *British Library webpage [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpsubject/history/genealogy/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/indianmedicalservice/indianmedical.html Indian Medical Service] which lists the records available in the B.L. | ||
* A document from the Wellcome Library which lists records in the British Library relating to [http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/assets/wtl039702.pdf Medicine and Health], including manuscripts. | |||
*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 | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=4y5WftsInfgC Medical Advice to the Indian Stranger] by John McCosh M.D. published 1841 | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=4y5WftsInfgC Medical Advice to the Indian Stranger] by John McCosh M.D. published 1841 | ||
Revision as of 12:18, 18 July 2009
A doctor may also be known as a Surgeon or (prior to 1873) an Assistant Surgeon.
Recommended reading
Books that may be helpful:
- An Alphabetical List of the Medical Officers of the Indian Army 1764-1838 by Edward Dodwell and James S. Miles (1839)
- Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930 by D.G. Crawford (1930)
External links
- British Library webpage Indian Medical Service which lists the records available in the B.L.
- A document from the Wellcome Library which lists records in the British Library relating to Medicine and Health, including manuscripts.
- Surgeons In India, Past and Present "Past" and "Present,1854" The Calcutta Review v. 22 Published 1854 pages 217 and 242
- Medical Advice to the Indian Stranger by John McCosh M.D. published 1841
- Handbook for Medical Officers of H.M. Service in India By Charles Alexander Gordon M.D. published 1851 (written 1846) -Hints on the Duties of Medical Officers
- 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.Read about a Field Hospital after battle in 1846, including medical details, with the slightly wounded carried out on elephants.
- Article ,The Medical Service of the British Army, with a section on India page 435 The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review Or Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery Published 1855 [1]
- The Logistics of a Field Hospital from the book Army Hygiene by Charles Alexander Gordon M.D. published 1866. The chapter is called Field Arrangements in India page 255.Read about the number of camels required.
- Indian Army Officers 1939-1945
- Madras Quarterly Medical Journal 1839 to 1844 - many interesting articles by Madras surgeons including medical reports on various regiments.
Individuals
- Autobiography of an Indian Army Surgeon: Or, Leaves Turned Down from a Journal by Wilmington Walford M.D. published 1854
- Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889) -modern treatment for cholera, introduced cannabis to Western medicine, laid first telegraph system in Asia