Memorial of the life and work of Charles Morehead ... / edited by Hermann A. Haines.
- Date:
- [1884]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Memorial of the life and work of Charles Morehead ... / edited by Hermann A. Haines. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![tific treatment of diseases, and] the guesses of hereditary presumption, is so enormous, tangible, and directly affect- ing human life and happiness, that no prejudice of edu- cation or religious caste can long withstand the benefit.” The two main reasons which made Sir Robert Grant pe- culiarly anxious to establish an Indian medical profession among the natives of India were, firstly, his natural grief at the unnecessary loss of life and suffering caused by the gross ignorance of native practitioners, and, secondly, his belief that, by establishing a system of medical education, the first, and, at present, the only possible step would be taken towards raising the general tone of education in Western India. This conviction was likewise held by Dr. Morehead, who wrote* about the same time that “ of pursuits, to the followers of which learning was an essential constituent, and not a mere accomplishment, the medical profession was the only one of which an early footing in India could be anticipated.” In November 1835, the first move may be said to have been made in the required direction, by the establish- ment of the Bombay Medical and Physical Society, of which Dr. Morehead, whose work it to a great extent was, at once became the Secretary; and he continued to fulfil the duties of this post with the most conscientious thoroughness for twelve years, being at the same time a constant conti-ibutor to the Transactions of the Society.f Preface to the first volume of Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay. t How valuable the work of the Medical and Physical Society has been, appears from a remark by Dr. Sylvester in a preface to one of the Reports : “ I observe some of the chiefest medical men and writers of books in Enf>land have di’awn the substance of their articles on sunstroke, leprosy, dysentery, from our publications, which should be sufficient reward for labours past to encourage us to continue.” Some of the publications here referred to were undoubtedly from Dr. Morehead’s pen.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21937527_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
