Experiments in connection with the effects of snake-poisoning
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Correspondence between the Government of India, the Government of Bengal and the Indian Medical Department regarding the work of Surgeon-Major J Ewart's Snake-poison committee, and the secondment of Dr Wall for experimental work for the said committee. Includes an annex describing investigation...
Correspondence forwarded to the Snake Poison Commission regarding Albemarl Bettington's investigations into the poison of the foorsa [echis carinatus, or saw-scaled viper].
pp 595-99. Correspondence regarding the distribution of Calmette's serum by the Plague Research Laboratory, and the supply of dried snake venom to Calmette.
Treatment of snake-bite with Sir Lauder Brunton's lancet and permanganate of potash
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pp 195-98. Letters received from Sir Lauder Brunton, recommending that the Government of India procure large quantities of lancets to sell through the Post Offices at an affordable price. Encloses letters received in support of the treatment.
Dr Wall's experimental work for the Snake Poison Commission
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pp 477-88. Correspondence between Dr Wall, the Government of Bengal and the Government of India, regarding Wall's requested to be relieved of his duties on the Snake Poison Commission, and the desirability of compiling a publication of selections from the Comission reports. Includes the followi...
Proposed construction of a Laboratory at the Zoological Gardens for conducting and testing experiments of alleged remedies for snake-bite
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pp 233-36. Communication from the Government of Bengal, providing detailed plans and an estimate of cost; with orders thereon from the Government of India that the project be postponed.