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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=e2dhiIwJICAC&pg=PP7 ''Observations on Hepatic Diseases, Incidental to Europeans, in the East-Indies''] by Stephen Mathews, Surgeon 1783 Google Books
:Page 304 [https://archive.org/details/b21459484/page/304/mode/2up ''... also, Observations on the hepatitis of the East Indies''] by John Hunter 3rd edition 1808, first published 1788, (2nd edition 1796) Archive.org.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fT2puACLLjcC&pg=PR3 ''Select evidences of a successful method of treating fever and dysentery in Bengal''] by John Peter Wade. The cases occurred in the general hospital at Chunar. 1791 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bCLCrfzZHsYC&pg=PP5 ''A Paper on the Prevention and Treatment of the Disorders of Seamen and Soldiers in Bengal''] by John Peter Wade M.D. 1793 Google Books
:[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DpRWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''The Prison and the Mad House. Being the Narrative of a Visit Paid to the Alipore Jail ... and to the Bhowanipore and Dullunda Asylums''] by Mr. T. H. Lloyd, Etc. [Reprinted from the Calcutta “Englishman.”] 1858 Google Books
:''Annual Report on the Insane Asylums in Bengal for the year...'' [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=WoUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 1862], published 1863; [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=foUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 1870], published 1871 Google Books
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55088/page/n3/mode/2up ''Insanity In India: Its Symptoms and Diagnosis. With reference to the relation of Crime and Insanity''] by G. F. W. Ewens, Major, Indian Medical Service. 1908 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/b2808617x/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Indian lunacy manual for medical officers and the general public : a summary of the lunacy acts and rules regulating the admission into, detention in, and discharge from Government Lunatic Asylums of private and public patients''] compiled by Major R Bryson, Indian Medical Service, revised by Captain P Heffernan IMS. 3rd edition 1913. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/b2135568x/page/n5/mode/2up ''Health in the Tropics ; or, sanitary art applied to Europeans in India''] by W J Moore, Bombay Medical Service 1862 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/aconciseessayon00thwagoog ''A concise essay on the medical treatment of Malabar coolies employed on the coffee estates of Ceylon and India''] by J. Thwaites M D 1865 Archive.org
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gRs7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA290 RA6-PA8 Health management of plantation coolies] page 290, ''The Experiences of a Planter in the Jungles of Mysore, Volume II'' by Robert H Elliot 1871 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=0z0DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Report on the Drainage and Conservancy of Calcutta''] by David Boyes Smith M.D., Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal 1869 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromenglandtoant00tyrrrich#page/46/mode/2up ''From England to the Antipodes & India - 1846 to 1902, with startling revelations, or 56 years of my life in the Indian Mutiny, Police & Jails''], pages 46-52 by Isaac Tyrell (1904) Archive.org, describe a cholera epidemic in the [[43rd Regiment of Foot]] in 1857 when 48 men, 6 women and 26 children died in a few days. [http://www.archive.org/stream/fromenglandtoant00tyrrrich#page/36/mode/2up/search/apothecary Page 36] describes successful, but non conventional, treatment for dysentery, c 1854-1855, the author was then in the [[96th Regiment of Foot]].
**[https://archive.org/stream/queensdaughters00butlgoog#page/n19/mode/1up Regimental brothels] page 15. These were set up under the Cantonment Act 1864.
:Investigation and Report by two American missionaries into the government sanctioned brothels in British Army cantonments. It is believed the authors visited India after the Cantonment Act of 1889, perhaps c early 1890s.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21933467#page/n27/mode/2up The Cantonment Act of 1897], page 12 ''A Manual of Venereal Diseases'' by Officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1907 Archive.org. A report on Venereal Disease in the Army, with many references to India. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_EPx61RSTtQC 2nd edition, 1913] is Searchable and should be available full view in North America etc. Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/undersurface00martuoft ''Under the Surface''] by L [Louisa] Martindale, M.D., B.S. 2nd edition, first published c 1907 has two chapters relevant to prostitution in cantonments in India. [https://archive.org/stream/undersurface00martuoft#page/54/mode/2up Chapter V] appears to imply the system was still in existence in 1907, and refers to the Cantonments Code of 1899
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.174625/page/n80/mode/1up Page 76] ''Footslogger An Autobiography'' by Graham Seton (Lieutenant- Colonel G S Hutchinson) 4th Impression 1933 Archive.org. C 1911, it was the duty of the Regimental Orderly Officer to close the gates of the Government-controlled brothels at closing time. The author was in the [[25th Regiment of Foot| King's Own Scottish Borderers]] at [[Ranikhet]].
*[https://archive.org/details/racesexclassunde0000ball ''Race, sex, and class under the Raj : imperial attitudes and policies and their critics, 1793-1905''] by Kenneth Ballhatchet 1980. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.*[https://archive.org/details/underraj00suma ''Under the Raj : Prostitution in Colonial Bengal''] by Sumanta Banerjee 1998. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. (First time borrowers must first register.)
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/53/5/382.full.pdf "Cholera in the Army in India Over a Hundred Years Ago" [1813 treatment<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Major W. W. S. Sharpe ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1929;53:5 pages 382-385
*Article [https://archive.org/stream/MadrasCourier1819/MadrasCourier1819-01-12#page/n1/mode/1up Hindu medical treatment for Spasmodic Cholera] ''Madras Courier January 12 1819'', (pages 2-3 of the book file). Also includes an additional comment about [https://archive.org/stream/MadrasCourier1819/MadrasCourier1819-01-12#page/n2/mode/1up Inocuation for the Cow-Pox known to Hindu Medical writers] (page 3 of the book file). There is a comment [https://archive.org/details/MadrasCourier1819 here] under “Description” about this part of the article. Archive.org
:[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55050012 "Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot"] by Joel Gunter and Vikas Pandey c 12 December 2020. BBC News.
:The book ''The Brilliant and Tragic Life of W. M. W. Haffkine, Bacteriologist'' by Selman A Waksman, published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1964 is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01003831470
*[https://archive.org/details/wideworldmag1910-v25/page/581/mode/2up "A Remarkable War. Plague Fighting in Bombay"] by Dr J A Turner, Medical Officer of Health, Bombay page 582 ''The Wide World Magazine. Volume 25 1910 May-October''. Archive.org
*For reports on Rats in connection with plague research, see [[Scientific books online]]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=dUFYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Notes ... for the guidance of troops and all others proceeding into the Hill Tracts of the Northern Circars. [With a letter on the same subject from E. A. Samuells<nowiki>]</nowiki>''] by George Thomas Haly 1855 Google Books. Regarding malaria treatment (in an area in Madras Presidency along the western side of the Bay of Bengal)
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/entericfeverinin00roberich#page/14/mode/2up "Table I: Sickness and Mortality in the Bengal Presidency [British Troops<nowiki>]"</nowiki>]. Compares 1860-69 rates with 1890-97 rates. page 14
**[https://archive.org/stream/entericfeverinin00roberich#page/68/mode/2up Cantonments and their latrines] page 68.
*[https://archive.org/details/b21358242 ''Sewage Disposal In The Tropics''] by Wm. Wesley Clemesha, Major IMS, Sanitary Commissioner Bengal 1910. Archive.org
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/17/4/341.full.pdf "Incineration in Cantonments in India"] by Capt P S Lelean RAMS, ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1911;17:4 341-360. [https://archive.org/stream/b24750591#page/n81/mode/2up Archive.org version]
*[https://archive.org/stream/fliesinrelationt00grah#page/136/mode/2up "Typhoid Fever: Tropical climates"] includes [[Poona]] and [[Nasirabad]], pages 136-142 ''Flies in Relation to Disease: Non-bloodsucking Flies'' by G. S. Graham- Smith. 1913 Archive.org.
*Books on [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28India%29%20AND%20title%3A%28Leprosy%29 Leprosy in India] Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/healthinindiafo00tiltgoog ''Health in India for British Women, and on the Prevention of Disease in Tropical Climates''] by Edward John Tilt 4th edition 1875. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b28709871 ''On Duty under a Tropical Sun : being some practical suggestions for the maintenance of health and bodily comfort and the treatment of simple diseases, with remarks on clothing and equipment for the guidance of travellers in tropical countries''] by Major S Leigh Hunt Madras Army and Alexander S Kenny 1882 Archive.org. Includes military matters.
:[https://archive.org/details/tropicaltrialsha00hunt ''Tropical Trials. A Hand-book for Women in the Tropics''] by Major S Leigh Hunt Madras Army and Alexander S Kenny. 1883 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/b28991023/page/n1/mode/2up ''Medical Hints for the Hills''] by Dr S O Bishop. Printed at Darjeeling 1888. Archive.org. Written for those coming to a hill station from the plains, especially those who come on account of their health.
*[https://archive.org/details/b28986222/page/n5 ''Practical hints on the preservation of health in India : together with short notes on the treatment of the more common accidents and ailments incidental to life in India''] by George S. A. Ranking, Lieutenant-Colonel, Indian Medical Service. 1903 Archive.org.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924004963538#page/n5/mode/2up ''Tropical hygiene for residents in tropical and sub-tropical climates''] by Sir Charles Pardey Lukis, Robert James Blackham, 3rd edition 1915 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6406/page/n1/mode/2up ''McNallyʼs Sanitary Handbook for India. Fifth edition''], revised and rewritten by A J H Russell, Captain Indian Medical Service. 1916 Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. [https://archive.org/details/b32747652/page/n5/mode/2up 2nd File, Archive.org], Wellcome Library collection. First published 1889 with special reference to the Madras Presidency and intended for the use of Sanitary Officers and Medical Students etc.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportofcommitte00indi#page/n7/mode/2up ''Report of the committee appointed by the government of India to examine the question of the reorganization of the medical services in India (president: Sir Verney Lovett) April, 1919'']. Published 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.01776/page/n3/mode/2up ''On the dysenteries of India: with a chapter on secondary streptococcal infections and sprue''] by Hugh W Acton and R Knowles, both Lieut.-Col. IMS, Professor, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1928 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.04236/page/n1/mode/2up ''The medical guide for India and index of treatment''] by E J O’Meara, Lt.-Col. IMS (Retd), late Civil Surgeon and Principal of the Medical School Agra. Fourth Edition Completely Revised and Greatly Enlarged 1935, first published 1920. Archive.org.
*''Memoranda on Medical Diseases in Tropical and Sub-tropical Areas'' by [Great Britain] War Office. [https://archive.org/details/b32175504/page/n1/mode/2up 7th edition 1942] Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/medical-diseases-tropical-8th-ed-1946/page/n5/mode/2up 8th edition 1946] Archive.org, [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=tpEXAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 1946 Google Books].
*[https://archive.org/details/digestofvitalsta00ewar/page/n3/mode/2up ''A digest of the vital statistics of the European and native armies in India : interspersed with suggestions for the eradication and mitigation of the preventible and avoidable causes of sickness and mortality amongst imported and indigenous troops''] by Joseph Ewart, Bengal Medical Service 1859 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/b2232091x ''The British Soldier in India''] by Frederic J Mouat, Surgeon H M’s Bengal Army and Inspector-General of Jails, Bengal. 1859. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b24764802 ''Practical observations of the hygiene of the army in India : including remarks of the ventilation and conservancy of Indian prisons ; with a chapter on prison management''] by Stewart Clark MRCS, Inspector-General of Prisons, North-West Provinces, India 1861 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b21355885 ''The Prevention of Disease in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Campaigns''] by Andrew Duncan Surgeon, Bengal Army 1888 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/stream/b21355885#page/22/mode/2up Page 22 onwards]. The age of 25 is most suitable for campaigning in the tropics, and no man should be sent to India under age 20.
*[https://archive.org/details/b29003908/page/n5/mode/2up ''Army Regulations, India. Volume VI Medical. Corrected up to 1st April 1906''] by Government of India Military Department. Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1913-vol21/page/345/mode/2up "Hints on taking over command of a Station Hospital for British Troops in India"] by Captain A C Elliott page 346 ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Volume 21 1913'' Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/b2135957x ''Prevention of Disease and Inefficiency, with special reference to Indian Frontier Warfare''] by Lieut.-Col. Patrick Hehir IMS, Officiating Principal Medical Officer, Burma Division. 2nd Edition - Illustrated and Revised.1911 . Archive.org*:[httphttps://wellcomelibraryarchive.org/itemdetails/b28987214/mode/b18954868#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=40&z=-02up ''The March : its mechanism, effects and hygiene''] by Lieut.5847%2C-0Col Patrick Hehir IMS 1912 Archive.0681%2C2org*[https://wellcomecollection.1695%2C1.3628 org/works/vptxcs2p ''Notes on Sanitation for Indian troops''] by T. F. Paterson, Captain, Indian Medical Service. 2nd edition, edited by Major D.R. Thapar, 1933, originally published 1911, In English and Roman Urdu, catalogue details. [https://wellcomecollection.org/works/vptxcs2p/items Direct link] Wellcome Library Digital Collection, catalogue reference RAMC/184
*[https://archive.org/details/b29342648/page/n3/mode/2up ''On the preparations of the Indian hemp, or gunjah, (Cannabis Indica) their effects on the animal system in health, and their utility in the treatment of tetanus and other convulsive disorders''] by W B O'Shaughnessy, MD ((William Brooke), Sir) 1839 Archive.org. A shorter article with the same title was published [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2490410/?page=1 ''Prov Med J Retrosp Med Sci.'' 1843 Jan 28; 5(122): 343–347] ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. A footnote on page 1 states "Published in the ''Transactions of the Medical Society of Calcutta'' for 1839, and now revised by the Author for the ''Provincial Medical Journal''. [https://archive.org/details/b2840709x/mode/2up 1843 edition, updated.] Archive.org. Cover page states reprinted from TMSC 1838, and PMJ 1843. An abstract in ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal'' Sept 1839, ([https://archive.org/stream/journalofasiatic08asia#page/732/mode/1up page 732]) indicates that it appeared in the November 1839 TMPS.
*[http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=74908458 ''Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission of 1893 -94'']. Volume 1: Report, Volume 2: Appendices - Enquiry as to the Connection Between Hemp Drugs and Insanity, Volume 3: Appendices – Miscellaneous, Volume 4: Evidence of Witnesses from Bengal and Assam, Volume 5: Evidence of Witnesses from North-Western Provinces and Oudh and Punjab, (not digitized at August 2014), Volume 6: Evidence of Witnesses from Central Provinces and Madras, Volume 7: Evidence of Witnesses from Bombay, Sind, Berar, Ajmere, Coorg, Baluchistan and Burma, Volume 8: Supplementary Volume - Answers Received to Selected Questions for the Native Army. National Library of Scotland-Medical History of British India
*''Hints for the general management of children in India, in the absence of professional advice''. Title and authors subsequently varied over time: ''Goodeve's hints for the general management of children in India'' 7th edition 1879 Entirely rewritten by Edward A Birch, Surgeon-Major, Bengal Establishment; ''The management and medical treatment of children in India''; ''Birch's Management And Medical Treatment Of Children In India''; ''Birch's Management And Medical Treatment Of Children In India And The Tropics''.
:[https://archive.org/details/b2870888x 4th edition 1856 by Dr H H Goodeve] First published 1844. [https://archive.org/details/b21498039 7th edition 1879] Entirely rewritten by Edward A Birch, Surgeon-Major, Bengal Establishment. Became Birch’s 1st edition. [https://archive.org/details/b28710344 2nd edition 1886], [https://archive.org/details/b21500241 3rd edition 1895], [https://archive.org/details/managementmedica00bircrich 5th edition 1913] Updated by C R M Green and V B Green-Armytage. All Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.12214 7th edition 1929] by V. B. Green-Armytage and E.H.Vere Hodge, Archive.org mirror from Digital Library of India; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.547297 8th edition 1933] by E. H. Vere Hodge 1933, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31264 9th edition 1933]. Archive.org
*[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/34048 ''Moore's manual of family medicine and hygiene for India''] by C A Sprawson, and R D Alexander, Government of India Press, New Delhi, 1936. Link to a pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India
*[http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=74905433&mode=transcription "List of Stations at which Military Family Hospitals are authorised"] An Appendix from ''Regulations for the Medical Services of the Army of India 1930'' National Library of Scotland 'Medical History of British India' digital books
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/102/4/217.full.pdf "The Spine Pad: A Discarded Item of Tropical Clothing: An Historical and Physiological Survey"] by E. T. Renbourn ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1956;102:4 pages 217-233. Also includes helmets.
