The principal diseases of India, briefly described : with hints on the duties of medical officers in that country / by Charles Alex. Gordon.

  • Gordon, Charles Alexander, 1821-1899.
Date:
1847
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Credit: The principal diseases of India, briefly described : with hints on the duties of medical officers in that country / by Charles Alex. Gordon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    strength of the corps; the number of recruits and volunteers who have joined; the number who have become non-effective; and the average sick and ratio of mortality^ stating also the mortality from each disease which has proved fatal. This return is very complete in itself, showing at one view all the changes which have taken place in a regiment during its term of foreign service. While abroad, it is to be forwarded to the Inspector General, and on the return of the regiment to England it is to be filled up, the totals being given in the last column, and forwarded to the Director General. In addition to these there are other reports which are required of a Medical Ofii- cer; for instance, when troops are on the march or proceeding by water, it is necessary to transmit to I the Inspector General a diary, in which every par- i ticular respecting the troops must be given; and j when an epidemic such as cholera breaks out, it will I be necessary to forward a daily state of the patients j who are suffering from it; also whenever we pass a I large station, it is etiquette, if not our duty, to wait upon the Senior Medical Officer with a state of the sick for the information of the General Ofiicer com- manding. All these returns will no doubt appear very com- plicated, although they are by no means so in