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The ''Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta'' was a society of British officials, mostly physicians, formed on March 1, 1823. The society published a quarterly journal〔Scudder, S. H. (1879) Catalogue of scientific serials of all countries, including the transactions of learned societies in the natural, physical and mathematical sciences, 1633-1876. Oxford University. p.253 (Online digitised version at Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University (Version June 2004) )〕 and met at the Asiatic Society.〔At First in Calcutta (Website )〕 The journal published articles on diseases prevailing in India and their links with environment and sanitation. Prominent members included Sir James Ranald Martin who was instrumental in publishing medico-topographical reports of British India and establishing links between environment and health, and deforestation〔Grove, R. H. (1997) Ecology, Climate and Empire The White House Press, UK, pp. 237 ISBN 1-874267-18-9〕 and William Brooke O'Shaughnessy, who published one of the first medical uses of marijuana in the journal of the society.〔O'Shaughnessy, W.B. (1839) Case of Tetanus, Cured by a Preparation of Hemp (the Cannabis indica.), ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bengal'' 8, 1838-40, 462-469 (Available online )〕 There are few records of the journal after 1857. The society was also referred to as ''Medical and Physical Society of Bengal'' and ''Calcutta Medical and Physical Society''.〔Record of the Society from Scholarly Societies Project (Website )〕 ==Notable members== *James Atkinson *Henry John Carter〔 〕 *James Ranald Martin *William Brooke O'Shaughnessy *Horace Hayman Wilson 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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