India

1563

#1815

Colóquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da Índia e assi dalgũas frutas achadas nella onde se tratam algũas cousas tocantes a medicina, pratica, e outras cousas boas pera saber.

The first account of Indian materia medica and the first textbook on tropical medicine written by a European. It includes a classic account of Asiatic cholera, the first account of this disease by a European. This is …

1813

#6975

Materia medica of Hindoostan, and artisan’s and agriculturist’s nomenclature.

The first book in English on the materia medica of India, and a pioneering work in the field of Indian medical history. Ainslie joined the British East India Company as an assistant surgeon in 1788 and spent the next …

1814

#10761

Hortus Bengalensis, or, a catalogue of the plants growing in the East India Company's Botanic Garden at Calcutta.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1820 –1824

#10762

Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian plants by the late William Roxburgh. Edited by William Carey, to which are added descriptions of plants recently discovered by Nathaniel Wallich. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1832

#8806

Clinical illustrations of the more important diseases of Bengal, with the result of an inquiry into their pathology and treatment.

Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive at this link.

1832

#10463

A treatise on the epidemic cholera, as it has prevailed in India; together with the reports of the medical officers, made to the medical boards of the presidencies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, for the purpose of ascertaining a successful mode of treating that destructive disease; And a critical examination of all the works that have hitherto appeared on the subject.

Corbyn mapped the history of cholera in India within British regimental stations. He included the date of each reported outbreak in a table of British regimental locations to describe the temporal progression of the d…

1832

#12667

The Aphorisms of Hippocrates, translated into Arabic by Honain ben Ishak, physician to the Caliph Motawukkul. [Edited from two MSS

1833

#8208

The Taleef shereef, or Indian materia medica translated from the original by George Playfair, Superintending Surgeon, Bengal Service. Published by The Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1835

#3738

A practical essay on the history and treatment of beriberi.

A classic account, in which the author brought together all that was known about the disease in his day.

1837

#8803

Notes on the medical topography of Calcutta.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1840

#8465

A practical essay on some of the principal surgical diseases of India.

Includes a discussion of the Hindu method of rhinoplasty and other plastic operations. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1843

#8807

Practical observations on the principal diseases affecting the health of the European and native soldiers in the north-western provinces of India with a supplement on dysentery.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1844

#8810

Pathologia Indica, or, The anatomy of Indian diseases, medical and surgical: Based upon morbid specimens from all parts of India in the museum of the Calcutta Medical College; illustrated by detailed cases, with the prescriptions and treatment employed, and comments, physiological, practical and historical.

Significantly expanded second edition, in two parts (Calcutta: Thacker & Co., 1848). Digital facsimile of the 1848 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.

1845

#7169

Commentary on the Hindu system of medicine.

Wise was a physician and surgeon in the Bengal Medical Service. Digital facsimile from The Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.

1845

#10760

Hortus suburbanus Calcuttensis. A catalog of the plants which were cultivated in the Hon. East India Company's Botanical Garden, Calcutta and in the Serampore Botanical Garden, known as Dr. Carey's Garden, from the beginning of both establishments (1786 and 1800) to the end of August 1841; drawn up according to the Jussieuan arrangement, and mostly in conformity with the second edition (1836) of Lindsay 's Natural System of Botany.

Catalogue of the thousands of plants which were cultivated in the East India Company’s Royal Botanical Garden in Shibpur (near Calcutta, founded in 1786) and ‘Dr. William Carey’s’ botanical garden in Serampore, Bengal…

1849

#13868

An atlas of anatomical plates of the human body, with descriptive letter-press in English and Hindustani.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1850

#8808

The historical relations of ancient Hindu with Greek medicine in connection with the study of modern medical science in India: Being a general introductory lecture delivered June 1850, at the Calcutta Medical College.

Webb was surgeon in the Bengal Army, and later Professor of Anatomy at the Calcutta Medical College. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1851

#11754

A practical treatise on the treatment of the diseases of the elephant, camel, and horned cattle, with instructions for preserving their efficiency.

1855

#8809

Elephantiasis orientalis, and especially elephantiasis genitalis in Bengal.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1860

#8818

Remarks on the uses of some bazaar medicines, and on a few of the common indigenous plants of India, according to European practice.

At the time of publication of this work, which contained texts in both Sanskrit and English, Waring was "Physician to His Highness The Maha Rajah of Travancore." Digital facsimile of the 1860 edition from the Biodiver…

1867

#8210

Review of the history of medicine. 2 vols.

Vol. 1, Part 1: "Primitive period among the Asiatic nations," i.e. Hindus. Vol. 2, Part 1: "Ancient state of medicine among the Hindus (continued)". Part 1: "Review of the Buddhist systems of medicine." Part 3: "Revie…

1870

#11623

A manual of medical jurisprudence for India, including the outline of a history of crime against the person in India.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1875

#11758

Medical hints to the people of India. Eminent medical men of Asia, Africa, Europe and America, who had advanced medical science; Compiled for the use of students and for the Vydians and Hakims of India.

A compilation of biographical sketches of selected figures in medical history written by Balfour as Surgeon-General, Madras Medical Department, "for the hindu Vydian, for the muhammadan Hakim, and for the students of …

1877

#6485.91

[Charaka Samhita. Edited by Jibananda Vidyasagara.]

Sanskrit text. Authorities vary as to the date of Charaka. He is said to have lived at times varying between 800 BCE and 78 CE. The Samhita, or Sanhita, is one of the most ancient and complete systems of Hindu medicin…

1877

#10722

Leprosy in India. A report.

The first quantitative study of leprosy in India. Leprosy first appeared in India at least 2,000 years ago and continued to exist throughout the subcontinent over the succeeding centuries. Upon the establishment of th…

1877

#13781

Materia medica of the Hindus compiled from Sanskrit medical works. With a glossary of Indian plants.

1881

#10374

Catalogue of the Pathological Museum, Medical College, Calcutta.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1881

#13050

The plants an drugs of sind; being a systematic account, with descriptions, of the indigenous flora, and notices of the value and uses of their products in commerce, medicine and the arts.

1886

#13052

The reptiles of Sind: A systematic account, with descriptions of all the species inhabiting the province, and a table of their geographical distribution in Persia, Bloochistan, Afghanistan, Punjab, Northwest Provinces, and the Peninsula of India generally, with woodcuts, lithographs, and colored illustrations.

A re-issue with additions to date, of "Reptilian fauna" in the author's Vertebrate zoology of Sind. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1887 –1890

#13053

The avifauna of British India and its dependencies. A systematic account, with descriptions of all the known species of birds inhabiting British India, observations on their habits, nidification, &c., tables of their geographical distribution in Persia, Beloochistan, Afghanistan, Sind, Punjab, N.W. Provinces, and the peninsula of India generally, with woodcuts, lithographs, and coloured illustrations. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1890 –1893

#9246

Pharmacographia indica: A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in British India. 3 vols.

On the title page Dymock is identified as "Brigade Surgeon, Bombay Army, Principal Medical Storekeeper to Government." Warden is identified as "Surgeon-Major, Bengal Army, Professor of Chemistry in the Calcutta Medica…

1893 –1897

#6834

The Bower manuscript; Facsimile leaves, Nagari transcript, Romanised transliteration and English translation with notes.

Dated to the Gupta era, between the 4th and the 6th century CE, the Bower Manuscript, preserved at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, was written on birch bark in Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit using the Late Brahmi script or Gu…

1901 –1907

#6485.9

The Ayurvedic system of medicine, or an exposition, in English, of Hindu medicine as occuring in Charaka, Susruta, Bagbhata, and othe rauthoritative works, ancient and modern, in Sanskrit. 3 vols.

Ayurveda is the most ancient system of Hindu medicine; only fragments of the original remain. The early Hindus believed it to be of divine origin and ascribed it to Brahma. It dates from circa 1400-1200 BCE. Digital f…

1902 –1909

#10875

A history of Hindu chemistry from the earliest times to the middle of the sixteenth century, A.D. With Sanskrit texts, variants, translation and illustrations. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile of the 1903 revised 2nd ed. plus the 1st ed. of vol. 2 from the Internet Archive at this link.

1906

#13502

Moeurs médicales de l'Inde et leurs rapports avec la médecine européenne.

Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1907 –1916

#12

An English translation of the Sushruta Samhita, based on original Sankskrit text: Edited and published by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna. With a full and comprehensive introduction, translation of different readings, notes, comparative views, index, glossary and plates. 3 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1908

#8246

Insanity in India: Its symptoms and diagnosis; with reference to the relation of crime and insanity.

Includes considerable discussion of the psychoactive effects of cannabis. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1909

#13795

Smallpox and vaccination in British India.

Includes the history of the introduction of vaccination in India from 1799 onward. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1913

#349

A textbook of medical entomology.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1913 –1914

#6488

The surgical instruments of the Hindus, with a comparative study of the surgical instruments of the Greek, Roman, Arab and the modern Eouropean [sic] surgeons. 2 vols.

Vol. 2 consists of plates.

1913 –1922

#12960

Pratyaksa-śārira: pratyaksha-shariram: A textbook of human anatomy in Sanskrit with English & Sanskrit introductions, containing a short history of Ayurvedic literature. 3 vols.

1914

#5350.3

Report of the Bombay Bacteriological laboratory for the year 1913.

Experimental demonstration, on pp. 14-16, of the complete life cycle of Dracunculus medinensis, the parasite causing Dracunculiasis, popularly known as Guinea-worm disease.

1914

#8241

A history of the Indian Medical Service 1600-1913. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1923 –1929

#6488.1

History of Indian medicine. Containing notices, biographical, of the Ayurvedic physicians and their works on medicine, from the earliest ages to the present time. 3 vols.

Reprinted New Delhi, 1974.

1923

#12109

A treatise on influenza, with special reference to the pandemic of 1918.

Sen, company doctor on the Hurmutty Tea Estate in Assam, estimated that the pandemic killed about 15,000,000 people in India.

1934 –1935

#6490

Médecine traditionelle de l’Inde. Conférences faites à l’École de Médecine de Pondichéry … 3 vols.

1937

#13501

Médecine traditionnelle de l'Inde: La magie noire.

1949

#10

The Charaka Samhita. 6 vols.

Edited and published with translations in Hindi, Gujerati and English. The Charaka Samhita is the oldest known Hindu text on Ayurveda (life sciences). It was followed by the Sushruta Samhita. Except for some topics an…

1949

#6485.92

The Charaka Samhita. Edited and published with translations in Hindi, Gujerati and English 6 vols.

1953

#10682

Dentistry in ancient India.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.