Index:McCosh, John - Advice to Officers in India (1856).djvu

Title	Advice to Officers in India
Author	John McCosh (1805 – 1885)
Year	1856
Publisher	Wm. H. Allen & Co.
Location	London
Source	djvu
Progress	Proofread—All pages of the work proper are proofread, but not all are validated
Transclusion	Fully transcluded
OCLC	557389290

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
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1. An Outline of India. 2. Government. 3. Civil and Military Establishments. 4. Qualifications and Appointments. 5. Photography. 6. Medical List. 7. Rank. 8. Medical Board. 9. Superintending Surgeon. 10. Surgeons and Assistants. 11. Slowness of Promotion. 12. Subordinate Medical Department. 13. Native Doctors. 14. New Medical College. 15. Native Skill. 16. Medical Literature. 17. Medical Etiquette. 18. Duelling. 19. Pay. 20. Private Practice	1
CHAPTER II.
1. Medical Fund. 2. Military Fund. 3. Orphan Fund. 4. Lawrence Asylum. 5. Lord Clive's Fund. 6. Pensions, Regular. 7. Wound Pensions. 8. Officers Killed in Action. 9. Donation Batta. 10. Investment and Remittance of Money. 11. Debt. 12. Wills and Estates. 13. Furlough. 14. E. I. U. Service Club	25
CHAPTER III.
1. Date of Rank and Pay. 2. Passage. 3. Wardrobe. 4. Instruments. 5. Books. 6. Wife. 7. Embarkation. 8. Pleasures of Exile. 9. Voyage by the Cape of Good Hope. 10. Overland Route. 11. The Peninsular and Oriental Company.	36
CHAPTER IV.
1. Arrival in the Hooghly. 2. Landing at Calcutta. 3. Society. 4. Letters of Introduction.5. Patronage. 6. Servants. 7. General Hospital. 8. Probation of Assistant Surgeons. 9. Ennui and Hypochondriasis. 10. Vis Medicatrix Naturæ. 11.Standard of Health. 12. Indiscretions. 13. Risk of Life	48
CHAPTER V.
1. Climate and Seasons. 2. Of Bengal. 3. Of the N.W. Provinces. 4. Of the Punjaub. 5. Of Burmah. 6. The Rains. 7. Inundation. 8. The Cold Weather	73
CHAPTER VI.
1. Mode of travelling. 2. Boatingon the Ganges. 3. River Steamers. 4. Dawking. 5. Marching. 6. Hotels. 7. Postage. 8. Electric Telegraph	96
CHAPTER VII.
1. Cantonments. 2. European Barracks, 3. Native Barracks. 4. Mode of Life. 5. European Regiment. 6. Soldiers' Gardens. 7. Native Regiment. 8. Importance of Medical Officers. 9. Hospital Attendance. 10. Recruiting. 11. Malingering. 12. General Character of Sepoys. 13. Reliefs	104
CHAPTER VIII.
1. Service in the Field. 2. Rendezvous. 3. Baggage. 4. Line of March. 5. Camp. 6. Foreign Service. 7. Discipline. 8. Routine. 9. Conveyance of Sick. 10. Preparations for Action. 11. Position of Surgeons. 12. Field Hospital. 13. A standing Camp. 14. Exposure of Surgeons. 15. Neglect of Surgeons	126
CHAPTER IX.
1. Economy of Europeans.—Houses. 2. Subterranean Chambers. 3. Effects of Closed Doors. 4. Shrubberies. 5. Furniture. 6. Punkahs. 7. Thermantidotes. 8. Tatties. 9. Fire and Lights. 10. Clothing. 11. Bathing. 12. Diet. 13. Fruits and Vegetables. 14. Drinks. 15. Ice. 16. Smoking. 17. Exercise. 18. Amusements. 19. Domestic Plague. 20. Wild Animals. 21.Earthquakes. 22. Storms and Inundations. 23. Famines. 24. Assassination. 25. Accidents and Offences.—Lightning.	146
CHAPTER X.
1. Civil Stations. 2. Duty and Pay of Civil Surgeons. 3. Prisoners and Jails. 4. Native Character. 5. Education. 6. Seclusion of Females. 7. Worship. 8 Conversion. 9. Easy Circumstances. 10. March of Intellect. 11. Houses. 12. Clothing. 13. Diet. 14. Impure Water. 15. Bathing. 16. Exposure of theDying. 17. Eunuchism. 18. Coolinism. 19. Widowism. 20. Polygamy. 21. Thuggeeism	186
CHAPTER XI.
1. Diseases in General. 2. Catarrh. 3. Calculus. 4, Goitre. 5. Elephantiasis. 6. Leprosy. 7. Cholera. 8. Scurvy. 9. Mahamurry. 10. Predisposing Causes of Disease. 11. Malaria. 12. Marshes. 13. Rice Fields. 14. Tanks, Pools, and Drains. 15. Floating Corpses	214
CHAPTER XII.
1. Sanitaria. 2. The Sick Room. 3. Mental Affections. 4. Love of Change. 5. Medical Certificates. 6. Hill Stations of Bengal. 7. Scenery of the Himalayah. 8. Climate. 9. Darjiling. 10. Nainee-thal. 11. Almorah. 12. Missourie and Landour. 13. Simlah, Subathoo, &c. 14. Murree. 15. Kunawur	235
CHAPTER XIII
1. Neilgherry Hills. 2. Ootacamund. 3. The Lake. 4. Eoutes to Ooty. 5. Climate. 6. Coonoor. 7. Kotagherry. 8. Jackatalla. 9. Mahableshwur Hills. 10. Defects of Hill Climates	265
CHAPTER XIV.
1. Leave to Sea Forms. 2. Precautions. 3. Penang. 4. Malacca. 5. Singapore. 6. Java. 7. Macao. 8. Hong Kong. 9. Canton	276
CHAPTER XV.
1. Ceylon and Mauritius. 2. Mauritius. 3. Cape of Good Hope. 4. Climate and Seasons. 5. Cape Town. 6. Wynberg. 7. Green Point. 8. Kalk Bay. 9. Australia. 10. Syria	289
CHAPTER XVI.
1. The Rail, the Surf, and the Breakwater at Madras	304