CONTENTS OF VOL. I
FAGR
Preface vii
List of Abbreviations t • xix
CHAPTER
I. The First Beginnings i
II. European Surgeons in the Service of Oriental Potentates 7
III. Surgeon General John Wood all 17
IV. Early History ; the Islands ; Amboyna 27
V, The Legend of Gabriel Boughton 37
VI. Early History ; Surat, Persia, Bombay, and the West . . 58
VII. Early History; Madras and the Coast 78
VIII. Early History ; Bengal and the Bay . . • . . .99
IX. William Hamilton, and the Embassy to Delhi . . .113
X. The First Half of the Eighteenth Century . . . .129
XI. John Holwell, and the Fall of Calcutta . . . .155
XII. William Fullerton, and the Patna Massacre . . . .178
XIII. The Foundation of the Service 197
XIV. Strength from Time to Time 199
XV. The Double Commissions 223
XVI. Military and Civil 2/
XVII. RANK
XVIII. Pay . . .
353
XIX. Furlough and Leave ...
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XX. Pensions ....
437
XXI. The Funds ...
458
XXII. Appointment to the Service : ExAfiNATioNS . . . . ^gg
