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*[http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap1/Shaughnessy.htm Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889)] - laid the first telegraph system in Asia in addition to his work as a doctor who discovered a modern treatment for cholera, and introduced cannabis to Western medicine.
:[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=BiYUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA47 ''Selections From the Records of the Bengal Government No.VII Report On The Electric Telegraph Between Calcutta And Kedgeree''] by W B O’Shaughnessy MD, Superintendent of the Electric Telegraph 1852 Google Books
:''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/details/memoirofsurgeonm00adamrich Archive.org]
*[http://atlantic-cable.com/CablePioneers/Stewart/index.htm Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Stewart, R.E. Director-General of the Indo-European Telegraph] atlantic-cable.com<br>
