Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the sanitary state of the army in India : with précis of evidence / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty.

  • Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the sanitary state of the army in India : with précis of evidence / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. 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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    COMMISSION. fiJtrtorhl, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith. CiD Our right trusty and well-beloved Councillor, the Bight Honourable Sidney Herbert, and to Our trusty and well-beloved Robert John Hussey Vivian, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a ✓ Major-General in our Indian Forces, and a Member of the Council of India; Proby Thomas Cautley, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a Colonel in our Indian Forces, and a Member of the Council of India ; Thomas Alexander, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; Edward Harris Greathed, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a Colonel in our Army, William Farr, M.D., James Ranald Martin, Esquire, and John Sutherland, M.D., greeting: it hath been humbly represented to Us that, considering the great importance of maintaining and improving the Health of all ranks of Our Army serving in India, it is expedient that certain Inquiries should be made: ;BdiO ftttOto ))£, that We, having taken into Our Consideration the Premises, do hereby order and direct you, the said Sidney Herbert, Sir Robert John Hussey Vivian, Sir Proby Thomas Cautley, Thomas Alexander, Edward Harris Greathed, William Farr, James Ranald Martin, and John Sutherland, to inquire, firstly, into the Rate of Sickness and Mortality, and Invaliding among a 2