Somebody recently sent me the scan of an image dated 1888 taken at the time of the opening of the Lady Dufferin Hospital for Women in Nagpur (Central India). It shows a European man (could be the in-charge doctor) along with an Indian man (may be one of the two native philanthropists who had donated large sums of money for the hospital) and a group of Indian women who I presume were the midwives/nurses working there. No details are given. I am trying to establish the identity of the two gentlemen. Are there any records available showing the names of the European medical practitioners in Nagpur around that time or specifically of those who were working for the Dufferin Hospital? Can any other details be obtained? I am not sure whether the hospital still exists - but even if it does, it has been renamed since then, as there is no Lady Dufferin Hospital in present-day Nagpur. Thanks and regards, ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Hello List Harshawardhan, I think it is very likely the Lady Dufferin Hospital has been incorporated into the Mayo Hospital "The medical institutions comprise the Mayo and Dufferin Hospitals for males and females respectively…. Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 18, p. 321 http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_327.gif or http://tinyurl.com/kt3qv63 "Immediately behind the Mayo buildings stand those of the Dufferin Hospital for women". http://nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer/gaz1908/appendix_n.html#. 1908 Nagpur District Gazetteer (transcription) Regarding the names of the doctors, if you can locate a copy of Thacker's Indian Directory for the relevant period, this may well list the information you are seeking, under the Mofussil entry for Nagpur. The doctors may have been associated with the Mayo Hospital. The closest online edition appears to be for 1897, however sometimes people stayed in their jobs for many years. See the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Directories online http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Directories_online#Thacker.27s_Indian_Directory or http://tinyurl.com/k2vdu6x Cheers Maureen On 21/02/2015, at 4:57 AM, Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Somebody recently sent me the scan of an image dated > 1888 taken at the time of the opening of the Lady > Dufferin Hospital for Women in Nagpur (Central India). > It shows a European man (could be the in-charge doctor) > along with an Indian man (may be one of the two native > philanthropists who had donated large sums of money for > the hospital) and a group of Indian women who I presume > were the midwives/nurses working there. No details are given. > > I am trying to establish the identity of the two gentlemen. > Are there any records available showing the names of the > European medical practitioners in Nagpur around that time > or specifically of those who were working for the Dufferin > Hospital? Can any other details be obtained? I am not sure > whether the hospital still exists - but even if it does, it has > been renamed since then, as there is no Lady Dufferin Hospital > in present-day Nagpur. > > Thanks and regards, > > ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar > > > > >