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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
- 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
- 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
Individuals
- Autobiography of an Indian Army Surgeon: Or, Leaves Turned Down from a Journal published 1854
- Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889) -modern treatment for cholera, introduced cannabis to Western medicine, laid first telegraph system in Asia