The Indian Medical Service : being a synopsis of the rules and regulations regarding pay, promotion, pension, leave, examination, etc., in the Indian Medical Service, both military and civil / by B.G. Seton and J. Gould.

  • Seton, B. G. (Bruce Gordon), 1868-
Date:
1912
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Credit: The Indian Medical Service : being a synopsis of the rules and regulations regarding pay, promotion, pension, leave, examination, etc., in the Indian Medical Service, both military and civil / by B.G. Seton and J. Gould. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    it is not at all unusual for him to have to perform and report on two hundred post-mortem examinations in a year. In addition, a Civil Surgeon may have charge of a Lunatic Asylum, or he may be Superintendent of a Medical School for the education of sub-assistant surgeons. To assist him in his duties he has a staff of subordin- ates,— military and civil assistant and sub-assistant sur- geons, compounders, vaccinators and menial hospital staff ; and his relations to these are practically those of a commanding officer, subject to the Inspector-General or Surgeon-General of the Province. In his capacity of Dis- trict Jail Superintendent he comes under the Inspector- Genera] of Prisons. In addition to his official duties he may have a rail- way establishment, mills or other commercial enterprises to look after as medical officer, receiving payment for his services either in the form of fees or monthly allowances. He is also permitted to undertake private practice. The amount of such private ]:)ractice varies enor- mously in accordance with the appointments held ; in the smaller civil surgeoncies it is practically a negligible quantity. But the prospects afforded b}^ the more impor- tant appointments are still very good, and are a powerful inducement to men to become civil surgeons. Fees. ^ The scale of fees is one which is left to private arrange- ment, except in the case of Ruling Chiefs ^'loo Indians of position with hereditary ' titles and their families; and the rules governing these are detailed in the following Government