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	Surgeon-Major '''Alexander Grant''' {{postnominals\|FRCS}} (22 January 1817 – 3 January 1900) was a British army surgeon who served in the [[Indian Medical Service]].		Surgeon-Major '''Alexander Grant''' {{postnominals\|FRCS}} (22 January 1817 – 3 January 1900) was a British army surgeon who served in the [[Indian Medical Service]].

	Grant was born at Elgin, Morayshire and studied at Aberdeen University followed by medicine at Glasgow and Edinburgh. He was admitted FRCS in 1838.After failing to receive commission he went aboard ''The Thames'' as a surgeon from 1839 to 1840. He then joined in the Bengal Medical Service after he reached Calcutta,<ref name=":0" /> India in April 1841 to join the 55th Foot which was sent to China and involved in the capture of Amoy, Tinghai. He was involved in managing cholera in the 49th Foot under Lord Saltoun at Nankin. He then stayed in Chusan with the 55th. After some service in the 98th Foot at Hong Kong he ~~wen~~ to Madras with the 41st Madras Native Infantry. In 1845 he was Civil Surgeon for Bhagalpur, 1848 Chapra and in 1849 he became surgeon to Lord [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie\|Dalhousie]] which involved travelling around Asia. In 1856 he was involved in a reorganization of the Royal and Indian Medical Services. He sought to introduce along with Dalhousie self-sufficiency in India including in all matters of medical supplies. Dalhousie even had Grant examine all the mineral water resources of India to examine for medically useful spas.<ref>{{cite journal\|author=Basu, B.D.\|authorlink=Baman Das Basu\|year=1921\|title=Indian Mineral Waters\|journal=The Modern Review\|volume=30\|issue=4\|pages=444–449}}</ref> In 1857 he was Apothecary General and Opium Examiner to the Government of India. He founded the ''Indian Annals of Medical Science'' in 1853 which he continued to edit until he retired.<ref>{{cite journal\|title=Obituary. Alexander Grant, F.R.C.S.Edinburgh \| author=Fayrer, J.\| journal=The British Medical Journal\|date=1900-01-13\|pages=111–112\| doi=10.1136/bmj.1.2037.111-a\| s2cid=72863961}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal\|last=Anon\|date=1903\|title=Nova et vetera. Dalhousie and Grant.\|url=https://www.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmj.1.2193.99\|journal=BMJ\|language=en\|volume=1\|issue=2193\|pages=99–102\|doi=10.1136/bmj.1.2193.99\|s2cid=27566258\|issn=0959-8138\|via=}}</ref> He retired in 1863 and settled in Connaught Square, Hyde Park with his sister.		Grant was born at Elgin, Morayshire and studied at [[University of Aberdeen\|Aberdeen University]] followed by medicine at Glasgow and Edinburgh. He was admitted FRCS in 1838. After failing to receive commission he went aboard ''The Thames'' as a surgeon from 1839 to 1840. He then joined in the Bengal Medical Service after he reached Calcutta,<ref name=":0" /> India in April 1841 to join the 55th Foot which was sent to China and involved in the capture of Amoy, Tinghai. He was involved in managing cholera in the 49th Foot under Lord Saltoun at Nankin. He then stayed in Chusan with the 55th.

			After some service in the 98th Foot in Hong Kong, he went to Madras with the 41st Madras Native Infantry. In 1845, he was a Civil Surgeon for Bhagalpur, 1848 Chapra and in 1849 he became surgeon to Lord [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie\|Dalhousie]] which involved travelling around Asia. In 1856 he was involved in a reorganization of the Royal and Indian Medical Services. He sought to introduce along with Dalhousie self-sufficiency in India including in all matters of medical supplies. Dalhousie even had Grant examine all the mineral water resources of India to examine for medically useful spas.<ref>{{cite journal\|author=Basu, B.D.\|authorlink=Baman Das Basu\|year=1921\|title=Indian Mineral Waters\|journal=The Modern Review\|volume=30\|issue=4\|pages=444–449}}</ref> In 1857, he was appointed as Apothecary General and Opium Examiner to the Government of India. He founded the ''Indian Annals of Medical Science'' in 1853 which he continued to edit until he retired.<ref>{{cite journal\|title=Obituary. Alexander Grant, F.R.C.S.Edinburgh \| author=Fayrer, J.\| journal=The British Medical Journal\|date=1900-01-13\|pages=111–112\| doi=10.1136/bmj.1.2037.111-a\| s2cid=72863961}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal\|last=Anon\|date=1903\|title=Nova et vetera. Dalhousie and Grant.\|url=https://www.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmj.1.2193.99\|journal=BMJ\|language=en\|volume=1\|issue=2193\|pages=99–102\|doi=10.1136/bmj.1.2193.99\|s2cid=27566258\|issn=0959-8138\|via=\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He retired in 1863 and settled in Connaught Square, Hyde Park with his sister.

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Surgeon-Major '''Alexander Grant''' {{postnominals|FRCS}} (22 January 1817 – 3 January 1900) was a British army surgeon who served in the [[Indian Medical Service]].

Grant was born at Elgin, Morayshire and studied at Aberdeen University followed by medicine at Glasgow and Edinburgh. He was admitted FRCS in 1838.After failing to receive commission he went aboard ''The Thames'' as a surgeon from 1839 to 1840. He then joined in the Bengal Medical Service after he reached Calcutta,<ref name=":0" /> India in April 1841 to join the 55th Foot which was sent to China and involved in the capture of Amoy, Tinghai. He was involved in managing cholera in the 49th Foot under Lord Saltoun at Nankin. He then stayed in Chusan with the 55th. After some service in the 98th Foot at Hong Kong he wen to Madras with the 41st Madras Native Infantry. In 1845 he was Civil Surgeon for Bhagalpur, 1848 Chapra and in 1849 he became surgeon to Lord [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie|Dalhousie]] which involved travelling around Asia. In 1856 he was involved in a reorganization of the Royal and Indian Medical Services. He sought to introduce along with Dalhousie self-sufficiency in India including in all matters of medical supplies. Dalhousie even had Grant examine all the mineral water resources of India to examine for medically useful spas.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Basu, B.D.|authorlink=Baman Das Basu|year=1921|title=Indian Mineral Waters|journal=The Modern Review|volume=30|issue=4|pages=444–449}}</ref> In 1857 he was Apothecary General and Opium Examiner to the Government of India. He founded the ''Indian Annals of Medical Science'' in 1853 which he continued to edit until he retired.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Obituary. Alexander Grant, F.R.C.S.Edinburgh | author=Fayrer, J.| journal=The British Medical Journal|date=1900-01-13|pages=111–112| doi=10.1136/bmj.1.2037.111-a| s2cid=72863961}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Anon|date=1903|title=Nova et vetera. Dalhousie and Grant.|url=https://www.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmj.1.2193.99|journal=BMJ|language=en|volume=1|issue=2193|pages=99–102|doi=10.1136/bmj.1.2193.99|s2cid=27566258|issn=0959-8138|via=}}</ref> He retired in 1863 and settled in Connaught Square, Hyde Park with his sister.

== References==
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== External links ==

* [https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b21443518 Physician and friend; his autobiography and his letters from the Marquis of Dalhousie.] by Alexander Grant, edited by George Smith (1902)

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