Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War (1939-45) Medical Services. Administration

to all Who ServedGeneral Preface The present volume is the first of the series dealing with the medical aspect of the activities of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War. [...] MEDICAL SERIES ADMINISTRATION THE CAMPAIGNS IN THE WESTERN THEATRE THE CAMPAIGNS IN THE EASTERN THEATRE MEDICINE SURGERY AND PATHOLOGY PREVENTION OF DISEASES MALARIA CONTROL AND NUTRITION STATISTICS MEDICAL STORES AND EQUIPMENT VIForeword IN this and subsequent volumes of the official medical history of World War II is presented an account of the affairs of the medical services of the armed forc [...] The hygiene organisation ; The prevention of diseases ; The anti-malaria campaign 1939-45 ; Activities of the Malaria Institute of India ; Military nutrition ; The Nutritional requirements of troops ; Ration scales ; The supply organisation ; The inspection of food stuffs ; The development of indigenous and other food resources ; The nutritional and other problems of RAPWI ; The Nutritional Resear [...] In order to assist the reader to appreciate fully the problems which the formation of the Indian Army Medical Corps and the evolution of the nursing services during the war created a retrospect of the medical services in India has been included in the appendices. [...] Some of the important schemes carried out during his term of office were : the medical aspect of 1940 and 1941 expansion schemes the recall of IMS officers in civil employment the recruitment to the emergency branches of the IMS and IMD Indian Cadre (IC) the formation of the IMS (dental branch) the training field ambulance the training field hygiene section the anti-malaria unit the light f