Remarks on the Reports on Lunatic Asylums for 1909
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pp 421-49. Remarks received from the Presidency and Provincial Governments on the annual reports of Lunatic Asylums within their jurisdiction; plus copy report on the Madras Asylums for 1909.
Proposal to appoint G E Nash, a European private medical practitioner at present residing in Edinburgh, to a Civil Surgeoncy in Burma
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pp 169-82. Correspondence and testimonials in support of Nash, plus list of the 98 applicants for the position, providing details of names, qualifications, and positions held.
Reports on experiments made with Dr Deycke's Nastine [Nastin] treatment for leprosy
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pp 241-61. Reports submitted to the Government of India containing details of trials of Nastin in the treatment of leprosy, containing detailed case studies and case histories for named patients. Comprising: Letter from the Joint Honorary Superintendent, State Leper Hospital, Srinagar, reporting...
Explanatory note by the Director-General, Indian Medical Service, on Major W D Sutherland's investigation into the applicability to medico-legal work in India of bio-chemical methods for the detection of blood stains
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pp 149-52. Report, plus communication from the Government of India seeking opinions on the appointment of a serologist.
Report on the treatment of snake-bite with Sir Lauder Brunton's lancets and permanganate of potash
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pp 275-76. Report received from Lieutenant-Colonel W B Bannerman, Director, Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory, reporting his findings of treating snake-bite in dogs with permangonate of potash, both locally and intravenously. Bannerman believes the latter treatment to be highly dangerous, and rec...