THE INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.
following article, which vro reprint from tlio Friend of India, has an air of authority" about it. Its substance and tone are certainly very satisfactory and re-assuring. \Ye remarked in our last issue that we had great faith in the justico and sense of the present administration, and all that we have become aware
TnE
"
of since then has tended to confirm
this opinion. Under judicious arrangements the Indian Medical Service may have as great a future in storo for it as it has had a brilliant and useful past. This is what tlio Friend eajs:?
February 1,
REVIEWS.
1873.]
"The Indian Medical Service will do well to look to we
itself;
but
shall be mistaken if it does not find in Lord Northbrook
a
justice than Lord Dalhousie was. The facts at the present stage are these. The Secretary of State has admitted the principle of a separation of Military and Civil medical supervision. So far from Government deciding to place a British Inspector-General'over all the medical men in charge of native and European troops, the probable recommendation will bo that the office of Military Inspector-General friend not less
in each
to do it
willing
shall be
Presidency
open
to
both
services
alike.
proportion in which the Deputy Inspector-Generalships should be given to the two services have been put forward, but nothing lias been done to decide this very difficult question. The proportion must eventually be much affected by the prizes which will be .open to the Indian Medical Service in the proposed Civil Inspectorates. There is no intention of altering the existing arrangement which places Different proposals
a
as
to
the
medical officer of the Indian Service at the head of every Regiment. So far from Indian medical officers being
Native
debarred from
taking
executive
charge
of
European troops,
the
it will be necessary to proposals provide for officers of the Indian Medical Service obtaining a rather tend the other way,
as
working of the hospital system with British proposed that they should have the opportunity of doing so by serving with theso troops. At present, the officers of the Indian Medical Service are entirely debarred from taking executive charge of European troops. There is 110 foundation whatever for the statement that the Secretary of State has approved of the principle that if a modieal officer knowledge
of the
It is
troops.
'
elects for the civil branch lie shall adhere to it.' instructions have been received,
likely
to
be laid down."
and later extract from the the same
subject.
nor
are
any such
No such
principles
We also invite attention to another
Friend, reproduced
at
page
56,
on
49
following article, which vro reprint from tlio Friend of India, has an air of authority" about it. Its substance and tone are certainly very satisfactory and re-assuring. \Ye remarked in our last issue that we had great faith in the justico and sense of the present administration, and all that we have become aware
TnE
"
of since then has tended to confirm
this opinion. Under judicious arrangements the Indian Medical Service may have as great a future in storo for it as it has had a brilliant and useful past. This is what tlio Friend eajs:?
February 1,
REVIEWS.
1873.]
"The Indian Medical Service will do well to look to we
itself;
but
shall be mistaken if it does not find in Lord Northbrook
a
justice than Lord Dalhousie was. The facts at the present stage are these. The Secretary of State has admitted the principle of a separation of Military and Civil medical supervision. So far from Government deciding to place a British Inspector-General'over all the medical men in charge of native and European troops, the probable recommendation will bo that the office of Military Inspector-General friend not less
in each
to do it
willing
shall be
Presidency
open
to
both
services
alike.
proportion in which the Deputy Inspector-Generalships should be given to the two services have been put forward, but nothing lias been done to decide this very difficult question. The proportion must eventually be much affected by the prizes which will be .open to the Indian Medical Service in the proposed Civil Inspectorates. There is no intention of altering the existing arrangement which places Different proposals
a
as
to
the
medical officer of the Indian Service at the head of every Regiment. So far from Indian medical officers being
Native
debarred from
taking
executive
charge
of
European troops,
the
it will be necessary to proposals provide for officers of the Indian Medical Service obtaining a rather tend the other way,
as
working of the hospital system with British proposed that they should have the opportunity of doing so by serving with theso troops. At present, the officers of the Indian Medical Service are entirely debarred from taking executive charge of European troops. There is 110 foundation whatever for the statement that the Secretary of State has approved of the principle that if a modieal officer knowledge
of the
It is
troops.
'
elects for the civil branch lie shall adhere to it.' instructions have been received,
likely
to
be laid down."
and later extract from the the same
subject.
nor
are
any such
No such
principles
We also invite attention to another
Friend, reproduced
at
page
56,
on
49
