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*George Edward Aldred was appointed an Assistant Surgeon in the Madras Medical Service on the 20th of April 1847.This [http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/profiles/aldred.html link] from The Asplin Military History Resources shows the appointment procedures. He was Court Martialled in July 1848 and dismissed, as this [http://books.google.com/books?id=WhcYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA589 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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=DlpHAAAAIAAJ Google Books]
*Page 12 of this pdf link gives details of [http://www.antiquariaatjunk.com/download/abudhabi2009.pdf Francis Day] who joined the Madras Medical Service in 1852. he wrote a 1863 book on Cochin [[http://www.google.com/books?id=awsIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books]]. He became the most important writer on Indian fishes, his first fish book being ''Fishes of Malabar'' 1865 . [http://www.archive.org/details/fishesofmalabar00dayf Archive.org] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Day Wikipedia]
*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.<br> ''Memoir of Surgeon-Major Sir W. O'Shaughnessy Brooke ... in connection with the early history of the telegraph in India'' by M Adams 1889 [http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirofsurgeonm00adamrich#page/n11/mode/2up Archive.org]
