famous physician Louis, with whom he kept up an intimate corres- 
pondence till his death. 
At the age of 22, Dr. Morehead entered the Bombay Medical 
Service, and was soon placed on the personal staff of Sir Robert 
Grant, Governor of Bombay, and continued to serve in that capacity 
till Sir Robert’s death in 1838. He was president of the Medical 
and Physical Society of Bombay from 1837 to 1859, and during 
that time contributed largely to the Transactions of the Society. 
He acted also as secretary to the Board of H ative Education from its 
establishment in 1840 to 1845. In connection with this last subject 
he long ably advocated in various ways, and through various 
channels, the opinion that the instruction and education of the 
natives of India should be through the medium of the English 
language; and at last, in 1845, had the satisfaction of seeing his 
ideas carried into practical effect in the founding of the Grant 
Medical College, one of the chief features of which was the 
education of the natives by means of the English language. The 
practice has now for long been universally adopted, with the best 
results, both as regards the governors and governed of our Indian 
Empire. 
About this time, the large and well-equipped native hospital, 
named after Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, was established at the joint 
expense of the Government and Sir Jamsetjee, for practical instruc- 
tion in clinical teaching. To Dr. Morehead belongs the merit of 
introducing this branch of medical training, which at that time did 
not form a regular part of the curriculum even in the medical 
schools of the United Kingdom. It was but fitting that Dr. 
Morehead was appointed first Principal and first Professor of Medi- 
cine to the College, and first Physician to the Hospital. 
A bust of Dr. Morehead has been placed in the hall of the 
College as a memorial of its eminent Principal and Professor, by the 
students and friends of the college. 
During these years Dr. Morehead was patiently collecting in the 
course of his practice as a physician, and from other available 
sources, observations on the diseases of India, the results of which 
lie published in his valuable work on Indian Diseases , a book 
which still holds its place as a standard authority in the treatment 
of the tropical diseases of Hindostan. His last service to the pro- 
