Frederic J Mouat (92 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Rough Notes of a Trip to Reunion, the Mauritius and Ceylon: With Remarks on the Eligibility as Sanitaria for Indian Invalids. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Language: English. About the Book: - The account of a visit to the Indian Ocean islands of Reunion, Mauritius and Ceylon in the year 1851. Like the way most travelogues of this time were written, this account is rich in description: the geography, the people, the cities and principal buildings, trade and commerce, produce, metrological data all are packed in this short account. The books with a short note on Indian Labourers in Reunion. The book 37 illustration as part of the narrative. This book is a reprint of the 1852 edition. About the Author: - Frederic John Mouat was a British surgeon, chemist and prison reformer. He was part of the committee that helped identify the Andaman Islands as a suitable location for a convict settlement. He spent 30 years in India, where he was a leading figure in the field of education, in which he was a major campaigner to establish the first universities in India especially the University of Calcutta and prison reform, including holding the post of Inspector-General of jails in lower Bengal. Here he advocated remunerative prison labour as a means for reformation and making prisons self-supporting. In 1857, after the Indian Mutiny, he was asked to investigate the Andaman Islands as a potential penal colony. He examined the use of chaulmogra oil in the treatment of leprosy and published the first illustrated book on human anatomy in Urdu in 1849. Mouat conducted some experiments for the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on lichens used in dyeing and sent a report to the Earl of Auckland who was so impressed as to appoint him in 1841 as Treasurer, Secretary, Resident Medical Officer as well as Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica at the Bengal Medical College. Among the experiments he conducted were trials on treating leprosy patients with the extracts of chaulmogra (Hydnocarpus wightiana). In 1849, he published an atlas of human anatomy with notes in Urdu with the assistance of Moonshee Nusseerudin Ahmed and with illustrations by Colesworthey Grant. The Title 'Rough Notes Of A Trip To Reunion Mauritius And Ceylon written/authored/edited by Frederic J. Mouat', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9789353245689 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 149 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Facsimile Publisher. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 21.59 x 27.94 cms Vol: 149.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Language: English. About The Book : The book deals with the following topics: General Description of the Andaman Archipelago; Savage Character of the Inhabitants; The Great Andaman; The Middle Andaman; The South Andaman; The Little Andaman Sighted; Brief Notices of some of the Early Discoverers of this Group; Narrative of two Mohammedan Travellers in the Ninth Century, Their Absurd De- scription of the Natives; General Belief that the Inhabitants of the Andamans were Cannibals; Mysterious Fate of the Crew of a Ship wrecked on the Coast; Andaman Expeditions against the Nicobar Islands; Capture and Captivity of an Andaman Boy; Expedition under the Command of Captain Blair of the Indian Navy; His Survey of the Great Andaman; His Report addressed to the Marquis Cornwallis; Selection of a Convict Settlement; The Coral Reefs; General Accuracy of Captain Blair's Survey; His Speculations as to the Origin of the Natives and their Peculiar Character; Colonel Colebrooke's Account of the Andamans; Discovery of one of his Manuscript Journals; Visit to Chatham Island; Constant Hostility of the Natives; Colonel Colebrooke's Paper in the Asiatic Researches; Occasional Notices; Account of the Andamans in the Calcutta "Monthly Register"; Port Cornwallis visited by Colonel Syme; Exaggerated Reports of the Climate ; Port Cornwallis appointed the place of Ren- dezvous for the Fleet and Army in the First Burmese War; Reported Discovery of Gold ; Death of Dr. Heifer; Peril of Two Troop Ships ; Works on the Andamans; Occasion of the Present Work . About The Author : Frederic John Mouat (1816 1897) was a British surgeon, chemist and prison reformer. He was part of the committee that helped identify the Andaman Islands as a suitable location for a convict settlement. He examined the use of chaulmogra oil in the treatment of leprosy and published the first illustrated book on human anatomy in Urdu in 1849. He was also involved in the founding of Presidency College, Calcutta. His trained at University College London and the University of Edinburgh, qualifying as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1838. Frederic Mouat studied initially at Paris and then joined his brother at the University College London. He won a prize for medical jurisprudence in 1836-37 and qualified as MRCP in 1838. He received an MD from Edinburgh with a thesis On the brain as the organ of the mind in 1839. Mouat joined the Indian Medical Service in January 1840 and was posted Assistant-Surgeon in Bengal in June 1840. In 1853 he became Surgeon, in 1860 Surgeon-Major and ultimately Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals. He was attached to the 21st Fusiliers at Fort William followed by stints with the 47th Bengal Native Infantry and the Artillery Battalion at Dum Dum. The Title 'Adventures And Researches Among The Andaman Islanders written/authored/edited by Frederic J. Mouat', published in the year 2023. The ISBN 9788121268455 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 387 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Adventures and Researches. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol: 387.…