Statements regarding chemistry teaching and analysis of drinking water as taught at Netley
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pp 539-44. Statements by Dr Aitken and Professor De Chaumont regarding instruction in chemistry and water analysis at the Army Medical School, Netley, made in response to comments by Surgeon General Thom.
Resolution regarding the Annual Report on the Insane Asylums of Bengal for 1875
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Resolution of R L Mangles, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. Comments on the steep rise of admissions and re-admissions, and discusses means of reducing the intake. Contains statistics.
Selection of a Government Quinologist, plus reports on the production of cinchona alkaloids
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pp 283-307. Correspondence and memoranda regarding the selection of a successor to C H Wood as Government Quinologist, and concerning: the production of the "triple" and cinchona febrifuges; the desirability of manufacturing pure alkaloids from succirubra bark, and the establishment of a small fa...
Outbreaks of scurvy on board ships sailing form the ports of Bassein and Rangoon
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p 923. Communications received from the Board of Trade and Secretary of State, expressing concerns that bad water obtained at ports is causing the disease.