Doctor

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.
• The Wellcome Library, London has both books and archival material about the history of medicine.
• 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
• Rules for appointment in 1848 from The Oriental Interpreter and Treasury of East India Knowledge: A Companion to "The Hand-book of British India." by Joachim Hayward Stocqueler 1848, page 297 Google Books
• 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

• George Edward Aldred was appointed an Assistant Surgeon in the Madras Medical Service on the 20th of April 1847.This [http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/profiles/aldred.html

link] from The Asplin Military History Resources shows the appointment procedures. He was Court Martialled in July 1848 and dismissed, as this [2] link from Allen’s Indian Mail 1848 shows, but subsequently reinstated.

• 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