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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed	2011-03-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Esdaile
	First Name(s)	James
	Year of Birth	1808
	Year of Death	1859
	Entry	Son of Rev. Dr. Esdaile : born Feb. 6, 1808 : graduated as M.D. at Edinburgh in 1830 : reached Calcutta in the E.I. Co.'s medical service in 1831 : in charge of the Hughli hospital in 1838 : devoted himself to the study of mesmerism and performed some surgical operations by its aid as an anaesthetic with remarkable success : his experiments were scientifically investigated, and he was made Superintendent of a small hospital for mesmerism in 1846, and Presidency Surgeon. Disliking India, he retired in 1851 : wrote Mesmerism in India and its Practical Application in Surgery and Medicine, Natural and Mesmeric Clairvoyance and other medical works : died Jan. 10, 1859.

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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