Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta
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The Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta was a society of British officials, mostly physicians, formed on March 1, 1823. The society published a quarterly journal and met at the Asiatic Society
. The journal published articles on diseases prevailing in India and their links with environment and sanitation. Prominent members included Sir James Ranald Martin
who was instrumental in publishing medico-topographical reports of British India and establishing links between environment and health, and deforestation
and William Brooke O'Shaughnessy
, who published one of the first medical uses of marijuana in the journal of the society. There are few records of the journal after 1857.
The society was also referred to as Medical and Physical Society of Bengal and Calcutta Medical and Physical Society.
Asiatic Society
The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta, then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research. At the time of...
. The journal published articles on diseases prevailing in India and their links with environment and sanitation. Prominent members included Sir James Ranald Martin
James Ranald Martin
Sir James Ranald Martin was a surgeon in India who worked in the service of the Honourable East India Company and was instrumental in publicising the effects of deforestation, and finding links between human and environmental health.-Early life:Born in the Isle of Skye in one of the oldest...
who was instrumental in publishing medico-topographical reports of British India and establishing links between environment and health, and deforestation
Deforestation
Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a nonforest use. Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use....
and William Brooke O'Shaughnessy
William Brooke O'Shaughnessy
William Brooke O'Shaughnessy MD FRS was an Irish physician famous for his work in pharmacology and inventions related to telegraphy...
, who published one of the first medical uses of marijuana in the journal of the society. There are few records of the journal after 1857.
The society was also referred to as Medical and Physical Society of Bengal and Calcutta Medical and Physical Society.
Notable members
- James AtkinsonJames Atkinson (Persian scholar)James Atkinson was a surgeon, artist and Persian scholar - "a Renaissance man among Anglo-Indians" - Early life :Atkinson was born in Darlington, County Durham, England, the son of a woolcomber...
- Henry John CarterHenry John CarterHenry John Carter, FRS was a surgeon working in Bombay, India, who carried out work in geology and zoology. He worked as an army surgeon in Bombay from 1859 on Her Majesty's Indian Service, Bombay Establishment. He edited a collection of geological papers on Western India, including a summary of...
- James Ranald MartinJames Ranald MartinSir James Ranald Martin was a surgeon in India who worked in the service of the Honourable East India Company and was instrumental in publicising the effects of deforestation, and finding links between human and environmental health.-Early life:Born in the Isle of Skye in one of the oldest...
- William Brooke O'ShaughnessyWilliam Brooke O'ShaughnessyWilliam Brooke O'Shaughnessy MD FRS was an Irish physician famous for his work in pharmacology and inventions related to telegraphy...
- Horace Hayman WilsonHorace Hayman WilsonHorace Hayman Wilson was an English orientalist.He studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital, and went out to India in 1808 as assistant-surgeon on the Bengal establishment of the British East India Company....