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*The [http://library.wellcome.ac.uk Wellcome Library], London has both books and archival material about the history of medicine.
*The [http://library.wellcome.ac.uk Wellcome Library], London has both books and archival material about the history of medicine.
*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://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630004/ Medicine amidst War and Commerce in Eighteenth-Century Madras] by Pratik Chakrabarti  Bulletin of the History of Medicine 2006 Spring; 80(1): 1–38
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630004 Medicine amidst War and Commerce in Eighteenth-Century Madras] by Pratik Chakrabarti  ''Bulletin of the History of Medicine'' 2006 Spring; 80(1): 1–38
*Pension situation in Bengal in 1827. Letter in Oriental Herald, Volume 14, 1827 [http://books.google.com/books?id=XPIaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA323 Google Books]
*Pension situation in Bengal in 1827. Letter in ''Oriental Herald'', Volume 14, 1827 [http://books.google.com/books?id=XPIaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA323 Google Books]
*[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
*Rules for [http://books.google.com/books?id=cLsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA297 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<br>
*Rules for [http://books.google.com/books?id=cLsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA297 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<br>

Revision as of 06:41, 9 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
  • Medical Advice to the Indian Stranger by John McCosh M.D. published 1841 Google Books. This link gives details of his photographic work and Army career.He retired in 1856.
  • 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.
  • Abstract of an article about Frederic John Mouat Bengal Surgeon ca 1840-1870
  • 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