CONTENTS

Medicine in India : Modern Period
Volume IX Part 1

Forword
General Introduction 

1.The colonial  period

The Political Scene
The People : Their Intellectual Horizon
The Advent of English Education

The College of Fort William
The Hindu College of Calcutta

British Policy on Education
Impact of English Education

Traditionalism gives place to rationalism
Impact on religion
Impact on social structure
Impact on Muslim religion and society

Science Education

Charter of Indian Education
Science Education in Schools
Science Education in Colleges
Postgraduate Science Education

2.Scientific Concepts Before and After Renaissance

Physical World
Biological World 

3.Advent of Western Medical Education in India

Medical Education in Ancient Times
Medical Education In Britain
Portuguese Medical School at Goa
First British Medical School in India
First Medical College  in Calcutta
Madras Medical School and College
Grant Medical College ,Bombay
Other Medical Colleges
Medical Schools
Medical Education for Women

IMG scorns the idea
Scharlieb, the first woman medical student
Dr. Clara Swain
Missionary women doctors
Indian women pioneers in medicine
The Countess of Dufferin Fund

Evaluation of Medical Education
Bhore Committee Report(1946)

4.Hospitals in India

Ancient Period
Medieval Period
European Period

Royal Portuguese Hospital at Goa
French Hospital , Pondicherry
Hospitals in Madras Presidency
Hospitals in Bombay Presidency
Hospitals in Bengal Presidency

5.Insanitation, Disease, and Remedial Measures

Insanitary Conditions in the Nineteenth Centuary
Remedial Measures
Plague Commision Report and Subsequent Measures
Bhore Committee Recommendations (1946) and After

6.Army Health and Hygeine

Food and Clothing
British Soldier’s wife and Children
Stay in the Hills Recommendation
Soldiers' Barracks
Army Hospital Ward
  ‘Precious Supplies’

7.Communicable Diseases

Introduction

I.Cholera

Prevalence
Why did cholera always spread from Bengal?
Cholera and pilgrimages
Increase in cholera mortality
Causes
Koch’s discovery of cholera vibrio and his work in India
IMS officers ridicule Koch’s findings
Haffkine’s cholera prophylactic inoculation
Treatment
Cholera mortality unabated

II.Plague

Prevalence
Plague preventive inoculation
From worship of Sitala to vaccination

III.Smallpox

Prevalence
Initiation of Vaccination in India
Present to Dr. Jenner from Calcutta citizens
Prejudice against Vaccination
Recent Work

IV.Malaria and Other Fevers

Fevers Classified clinically
What is malaria?
Research on Malaria and the Works of Ross
Further Work on Malaria
Recent Work

V.Kala-azar

Prevalence
Cause

Leishman identifies the causative agent
Transmission of Kala-azar

Treatment

VI.Typhoid

Typhoid is common in europeans and rare in indians
Wide Prevalence of Typhoid Recognized

VII.Tuberculosis

Mistaken Notion that Tuberculosis is Rare in India
Scepticism about  Koch’s Discovery in India
Anti- tuberculosis Work

VIII.Leprosy

First Leprosy Home
Views on Causation
Research Work
Treatment
Anti-leprosy Work
Recent Work

IX.Venereal Diseases

Occurrence among the Army
Occurrence among the Indian population
Anti-venereal Measures

8.Vital statistics about Disease and Death

9.Maternal and Child Health

Plight of Women in the Nineteenth Century
Pregnancy and Labour
Criminal Abortion
Infanticide
Role of Western Medicine in Maternity and Child Welfare Work

10.Indigenous Profession of Midwives (Dais)

The Service of the Dai
Training of Indigenous Midwives (Dias)
Victoria Memorial Scholarship Funds
Bhore Committee Report

11.Nursing Profession In India

Introduction
In the  Madras Presidency
In the Bombay Presidency
In the Bengal Presidency
Teething Problems
Military Nursing
College of Nursing, New Delhi

12.Goodwill Earned by European Medical Personnel

IMS Officers Win Praise of Ailing Humanity
Work of Medical College Professors
Work of Christian Missionary Women Doctors
Work of Red Cross
Work of St. John Ambulance Association

13.Political and Social Influence of European Physicians

Among the Muslim Royalty

Gabrial Boughton treats Shah Jahan’s Daughter
William Hamilton treats Emperor Farrukh Siyar
Manucci and other Court Physicians
Popularity of European Physicians

14.Surgery in India in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century

Surgery in India before 1870

High mortality from amputations
Successful removal of scrotal swellings
Suture material
Surgical methods

Surgery in India after 1870

15.Cataract Surgery: From Couching to Lens Removal

Couching in Sushruta’s Time and After
Lens Removal

16.Researches in Material Medica and Pharmacology

Introduction
Early treatises by Europeans
Treatises after 1850
Treatises in the early Twentieth Century
Cultivation of Cinchona and Manufacture of Quinine
Manufacture of Morphine
Research on indigenous Drugs
R.N. Chopra’s Work
Research on Musk
Beginning of Phramceutical Industry
Arrival of Antibiotics

17.Organization of Medical Research

Pioneering Efforts
Indian Research Fund Association
Bhore Committee Report

18.Medical Research Institutes (upto 1947)

Haffkine Institute, Bombay
The King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Guindy
The Central Research Institute, Kasauli
The Pasteure Institute of Southern India, Coonoor
The Pasteur Institute, Shillong
The School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Calcutta
     The imperial serologist
The All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Calcutta
Nutrition Research Laboratories, Coonoor
The Malaria Institute of India, New Delhi
The Indian Council of British Empire, Leprosy Relief Association
Indian Institute of Medical Research, Calcutta

19.Early History of the Indian Medical Service

Introduction
Foundation of Indian Medical Services (IMS)
Regulations for Recruitment
Indians join the IMS after 1855
Duties of the IMS Officers
Military duties
Civil duties
Officer’s view of the IMS
Effect of Political Changes
The IMS after the First World War

20.Creation of the Indian Medical Council

Introduction
Bengal Medical Act
Bombay Medical Act
All-India Medical Act
G.M.C. Derecognizes Indian Medical Degrees
Indian Medical Council Act
       Views for and against

21.Medical Ethics in India through the ages

History of Medical Practice and Values
      Ayurvedic Medicine
      Tantrism
      Unani Medicine (Tibb)
      European Medicine
The 1956 Code of Conduct
Current Trends
      Health Care
      Family Planning
Future Outlook

22.What Foreigners had to Say about Ayurveda

23.Revival of Ayurvada

Recommendations of Different Committees

24.Unani Medicine in India

25.Homeopathy in India

26.Nature Cure System in India

27.Faith healing in India

Causes and Cure of Disease
Prevention of Disease

Avoiding evil spirits
Use of amulets
The evil eye

How Faith Healing Works

28.Yoga

Modern trends
Scope of Yoga

29.Indigenous Systems of Medicine during British Supremacy in India

Introduction
Utilization of Indigenous medical Practitioners
No Official Encouragement
Vaids and Hakims Non-registrable
Self-assessment by Indigenous Medical Systems
Support by the Local Self-governments

Index