The life and letters of Sir John Hall / by S. M. Mitra with an introduction by Rear-Admiral Sir R. Massie Blomfield. With portraits and illustrations.

  • Mitra, Siddha Mohana, 1856-1925.
Date:
1911
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Credit: The life and letters of Sir John Hall / by S. M. Mitra with an introduction by Rear-Admiral Sir R. Massie Blomfield. With portraits and illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Franklin, Sir W., 12 Fraser, Dr., 406 Freemason, Hall a, 542 French : x\rmy, efficiency and transport of, 518 ; Empire, 3 ; Gibraltar, at, 15 ; hospitals, 518 ; versus English system in, 345, 402 ; losses in Crimea, 503 ; Malaga, at, 20 ; Malakoff taken by, 364 ; Mamelon, taken by, 364 ; mortality in camp of, 312 ; mule-litters, 362 ; versus Eng- lish surgery, 409 Fund, Times, 403-419 Gaekwar of Baroda, 281 Gebel Tarik, 14 General Orders, 264-77, 352. 510 ; authority of Miss Nightingale based on, 457 General Superintendent of Female Nursing Establishment in Cri- mea, 451 Genoa, 4 Ghazni, 8 Gibbaltah, 25 Gibraltar, 14, 15, 26, 508 Gilchrist, Dr., 71 Globe, 388, 532 ; condemns Sebas- topol Committee, 394 ; criticism by, 388 ; defence of Dr, Hall by, 389 ; exposures by, 391- 94 ; fearless denunciation by, 396 Goff, Lieutenant, 272 Gordon, Colonel, 354 Gordon, Dr., 416-9 Gosport, 13 Goss, Lieutenant, 358 Goths, 39, 299 Gough, Lord, 421 Government : appoints Chelsea Board of General Officers, 472 ; Commissioners, 467 ; bad system of, 527 ; blamed for conduct of Crimean War, 471, 504-16; de- feat of attack on, 471; evils of dif- fused authority, 525-7 ; fettered action of Government servants by, 525-7 ; foolish optimism of, 330 ; high salaries to civilian doctors paid by, 400 ; juniors placed in authority by, 360; lack of wisdom of, 118; lavish expenditure of, 402 ; liberality of, 349, 42 3 ; mismanagement at headquarters by, 345-63 ; par- simony of, 525 ; repression of public servants by, 521-4 ; j stinted remuneration of IViedical 1 Officers by, 525 ; three P.M.O.’s appointed by, 520 ; unfairness of, 400-1 ; want of preparation for war by, 516-20-2 Graham, Sir James, 397 Graham’sTown, 91-2, 114-36-9-42- 76, 207, 212 Granada, 17, 22-3-4-6, 34, 54 Great Trek, 91 Greece, 4 Grey, Earl, 117, 251-64-84 Grotius on slavery, 7 Guy Mannering, 393 Guy’s Hospital, 2 Guzarat, 280-1 Hadley, Dr., 437 j lialf-pay. Hall on, 4, 12 Hall, Sir John : i Arrival in Jamaica, 5 ; Assis- tant-Surgeon in West Indies, 7 ; illness in West Indies, 8 ; opinion of, 8, 9 ; becomes Staff-Surgeon, 10 ; appointed to 33rd, 12 ; Gibraltar, 14 ; remarks on death, 58 ; arrives at Barbadoes, 71, 73 ; St. Vincent, 73-4 ; in Dublin, 74 ; M.D. degree; Deputy-Inspec- tor-General of Hospitals, 75 ; in flogging case, 78 ; before Supreme Court at Cape, 87 ; Principal Medical Officer, South Africa, 90 ; at the Cape, 92 ; President of Medi- cal Committee, 94 ; Inspector of Colonial Hospitals, 94 ; ideas on duty, 99 ; interview with Maitland, 112; illness of, 153 ; condemns methods in Kafir War, 189-97 ; com- passion for Kafirs, 201 ; thanked in General Orders, 218 ; in the Boer War, 230- 33 ; mentioned in despatches, 237 ; in General Orders, 238 ; marriage, 240 ; correspon- dence with Earl Grey, 251 ; friendship with Sir Ffarry Smith, 253-61 ; goes to Kaiir- land, 263 ; noticed in General Orders, 264 ; opinion on Kafir War, 247-65 ; describes Kafir War, 271 ; leaves the Cape, 277 ; mentioned in General Orders, 277 ; praise of, 278 ; Principal Medical Officer at Bombay, 279-81 ; claims for promotion, 283 ; disappointed hopes, 287 ; censures methods