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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=XhoCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA158 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.  
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=XhoCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA158 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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=HXojAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA435]
*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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=HXojAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA435]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=rEU7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA255 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.   
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=rEU7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA255 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.
*[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
 
*[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_H01.html Indian Army Officers 1939-1945]  
*[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_H01.html Indian Army Officers 1939-1945]  
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?q=editions:0eTwnUwBQlmQrRl&id=KQUHAAAAcAAJ&client=firefox-a&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=2_2 Madras Quarterly Medical Journal] 1839 to 1844 - many interesting articles by Madras surgeons including medical reports on various regiments.
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?q=editions:0eTwnUwBQlmQrRl&id=KQUHAAAAcAAJ&client=firefox-a&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=2_2 Madras Quarterly Medical Journal] 1839 to 1844 - many interesting articles by Madras surgeons including medical reports on various regiments.

Revision as of 10:29, 8 November 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

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