Edward Hare was a British surgeon and former Director-General of Hospitals in Bengal, India.
11 Facts About Edward Hare
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Edward Hare was educated at King's College London and Middlesex Hospital.
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Edward Hare became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1938.
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Edward Hare was commissioned as Assistant Surgeon in Bengal in 1839.
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Edward Hare served during the First Anglo-Afghan War at Kabul and under General Robert Sale at Jalalabad.
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Edward Hare was present at the recapture of Pegu and received the medal.
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Edward Hare served in medical charge of the Second European Bengal Fusiliers during the siege of Delhi and received the medal.
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Edward Hare was Inspector-General of Hospitals, Bengal in the Indian Medical Service until 1865.
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Edward Hare who had observed military action with the British forces in Afghanistan in 1839, used quinine to treat soldiers near the Nepal border.
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In 1847, Edward Hare published his findings in a pamphlet which caused a great sensation throughout the medical community in India.
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In 1873, Edward Hare authored a biography of vegetarian physician William Lambe.