Indian Medical Service
Encyclopedia
The Indian Medical Service (IMS) was one of the military medical services, which also had some civilian functions, in British India
. It served during the two world wars, and was in existence until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. Many of its officers, who were both British and Indian, served in civilian hospitals.
The IMS had Sir Ronald Ross
, a Nobel Prize
winner, among its notable ranks. Another notable figure was Sir Benjamin Franklin
, later honorary physician to three British monarchs.
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
. It served during the two world wars, and was in existence until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. Many of its officers, who were both British and Indian, served in civilian hospitals.
The IMS had Sir Ronald Ross
Ronald Ross
Sir Ronald Ross KCB FRS was a British doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on malaria. He was the first Indian-born person to win a Nobel Prize...
, a Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner, among its notable ranks. Another notable figure was Sir Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (surgeon)
Sir Benjamin Franklin KCIE was a British surgeon.After being educated at University College, London and in Paris, he entered the Indian Medical Service, where he worked at Lucknow and Simla...
, later honorary physician to three British monarchs.