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*Lists the Medical Officers of the Bengal Medical Service who died during the Mutiny [http://books.google.com/books?id=kfwBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA513 Google Books]
*Lists the Medical Officers of the Bengal Medical Service who died during the Mutiny [http://books.google.com/books?id=kfwBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA513 Google Books]
*[http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap1/Shaughnessy.htm Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889)] -modern treatment for cholera, introduced cannabis to Western medicine, laid first telegraph system in Asia
*[http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap1/Shaughnessy.htm Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889)] -modern treatment for cholera, introduced cannabis to Western medicine, laid first telegraph system in Asia
*[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/surgeons.php  Army Surgeons in the Afghan War and on the March to Kandahar] from  Garen Ewing’s  website  The Second Anglo Afghan War 1878-1880




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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

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

Individuals

  • Diseases of India by Sir James Annesley, 3rd edition, commences with details of his career as a Military Surgeon in the Madras Presidency from 1800 until he retired in 1838, after five years on the Medical Board. Google Books
  • Narrative of the Campaign of the Indus in Sind and Kaubool in 1838-9 by Richard Hartley Kennedy M.D. Chief of the Medical Staff of the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus. 1840 Volume 1 Volume 2
  • The history of the Sikhs: containing the lives of the Gooroos; the history of the independent Sirdars, or Missuls, and the life of the great founder of the Sikh monarchy, Maharajah Runjeet Singh by William Lewis M’Gregor MD Surgeon 1st European Light Infantry 1846 Google Books Volume 1; Volume 2 contains details of the battles.
  • 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
  • Lists the Medical Officers of the Bengal Medical Service who died during the Mutiny Google Books
  • Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889) -modern treatment for cholera, introduced cannabis to Western medicine, laid first telegraph system in Asia