Army Health in India, Hygiene and Pathology
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This is a most admirable and important little book, which should be read by every officer in the military medical services in India. It deals with the bad old days, the present, and the future; whilst it will also be of considerable interest to the civilian practitioner. Practically speaking it is an essay on preventive medicine in the Army in India, and its most valuable feature is that the author has dug into the old records during his tenure as Director of Hygiene and Pathology at Army Headquarters, India, and gives his readers vivid accounts of the days of the East India Company and of the early days of the Army in India. The consecutive chapters deal with the health of British troops in India, malaria, organization, research, cantonments, and conclusions. Sickness and mortality returns
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