Excerpt from Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science, and Art, With Biographical Memoirs, Vol. 2: The Photographs From Life This distinguished surgeon, now Examining Physician to the Secretary of State for India in Council, was born about the year 1800, in the Isle of Skye, his father being the Rev. Donald Martin, his mother a sister of Adjutant-General Sir John Macdonald, G.C.B. Having acquired a knowledge of mathematics, geology, and physical geography at the Royal Academy of Inverness, under Professors Nimmo and Tullock, he resolved to enter the military service in a medical capacity. With this object he became, in 1813, a pupil at St. George's Hospital, London, and devoting himself with earnestness to the study of his profession under the advantages then enjoyed by that institution of the services of Sir Everard Home, Sir Charles Bell, Wilson, and Brodie, he, at the expiration of three years, passed his examination at the College of Surgeons, and in 1817 embarked for India. On his arrival at Calcutta, Mr. Martin passed quickly through the usual probationary course, and having joined the 17th and 59th Regiments, he was nominated Assistant Garrison Surgeon of Fort William. Here he greatly distinguished himself by the prompt skill and humanity which he displayed during an outbreak of malignant cholera, and in 1819 he was appointed First Assistant-Surgeon of the General Hospital of Calcutta. It was at this period that the subject of our memoir commenced that important study of the diseases of Europeans in India which led to the peculiar knowledge of tropical maladies upon which his reputation is mainly based. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.