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*John Farquhar Assistant Surgeon c 1794 was “better known for the large fortune which he acquired from the various speculations into which he entered", brief details are in this [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924030697688#page/n45/mode/2up link] Archive.org
*William Lewis M'Gregor (or McGregor) 1801-1853. He gained his M.D. at Edinburgh 1825. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon 15 March 1826 and Surgeon 13 January 1842.<ref>''Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930'' by D.G. Crawford</ref> He took part in the [[1st Sikh War]] as surgeon of the [[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]], also known as the 1st European Light Infantry. He had also resided, for a time, at Lahore, as physician to Runjeet Singh,<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=sGcZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA546 ''Dublin University Magazine Volume 29, 1847''], page 546 Google Books </ref> the Sikh leader (who died in 1839). M'Gregor wrote [http://books.google.com/books?id=HlUoAAAAYAAJ ''The History of the Sikhs Volume I''] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=5WJCAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''The History of the Sikhs containing an Account of the War between the Sikhs and the British in 1845-46 Volume II''] both published in 1846 Google Books. He describes how at the end of 1836 he performed galvanism, a type of electric shock therapy on the ailing Runjeet Singh, [http://books.google.com/books?id=HlUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA274 page 274 of Volume 1]. [http://books.google.com/books?id=VrcOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA673 ''Allen’s Indian Mail''], page 673 reported M'Gregor’s death on 11 September 1853.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MWgBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Stray Leaves from the Diary of an Indian Officer''] by Robert Bakewell Cumberland 1865 Google Books. The author was an Officer [Assistant Surgeon] in the Bengal Army Medical Service from 1828 for “rather more than , became a quarter of a century” (c 1856)Surgeon 1 February 1845, and retired 20 January 1854.
*John M'Cosh, generally written McCosh, joined the Bengal Medical Service in 1831 and retired in 1856. In 1833 he was travelling to Australia on sick leave when he was shipwrecked. He spent two years in Assam<ref> [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=8MMRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PR6 ''Topography of Assam''] by John M'Cosh 1837, page vi</ref> and served in the [[2nd Sikh War]] and the [[2nd Burma War]], where he was a pioneer photographer.<ref> [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NsolmLbz8igC&pg=PA49 ''Photography: a Cultural History''], page 49 by Mary Warner Marien 2006 Google Books</ref> For further details see [[Photographer|Photographer-Individuals]]. He also wrote poetry.<br>
:His books and articles include
