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===Tracing a Surgeon===
====Thacker's====
''Thacker's Bengal Directory'', published from 1864, was in 1885 renamed ''Thacker's Indian Directory'' and covered the whole of British India. Volumes for most years are available in the Asian and African Studies Reading Room at the [[British Library]] and the 1895 edition is available to purchase as a CD. It is a useful source for tracing Assistant Surgeons of both Military and Civil persuasions. For online editions see '''[[Directories online]]''', under the headings [[Directories online#Bengal Directory|Bengal Directory]], and [[Directories online#Thacker's Indian Directory|Thacker's Indian Directory]].
Thus one can find, for example, Assistant Surgeon Patrick McCarthy in Thacker’s:
*1892-5 - Assistant Surgeon, doing duty at the hospital at Bareilly, North West Provinces
*1903 - Assistant Civil Surgeon and Superintendent of Jail, Lower Chindwin, Burma
For a limited number of years, a Thacker's ''Medical Directory'' was published.
*''Thacker's Medical Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon'', published 1913-1915. The 1914 edition is at the British Library UIN: BLL01000948664 - enquire if there are additional volumes as it is classified as a Journal, perhaps implying more than one edition. 1913 and 1915 editions appear to be available at Oxford and Cambridge University Libraries, and the National Library of Scotland.
*''Thacker's Indian Medical Directory'', published 1922-1924. Available at Oxford University Library and the National Library of Scotland, but this title is not listed in the British Library catalogue.
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