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
  

For appointment procedures, refer to the Individuals section below and George Aldred

• 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 link from The Asplin Military History Resources shows the appointment procedures. He was Court Martialled in July 1848 and dismissed, as this 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 Google Books
• Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889) -modern treatment for cholera, introduced cannabis to Western medicine, laid first telegraph system in Asia