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Proposition that the Calcutta Mesmeric Hospital be re-opened through voluntary contributions
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Dr J Esdaile, secretary to the Mesmeric Committee, submits a proposition to the Governor of Bengal for re-opening the mesmeric hospital by voluntary contribution.
Annual Report on the Sanitary Administration of the Punjab for 1867
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pp 75-148. Report by A DeRenzy, Sanitary Commissioner, Punjab, submitting the report plus comments and the following statistics: Return A. Showing the total number of deaths from all causes during the year Return B. Showing the deaths from all causes distributed according to age and sex Return C...
Dr J Esdaile seeks permission to have the Sukeas Lane [Calcutta] Dispensary placed under his charge, for the purpose of introducing the practice of mesmerism
Results of the experiments made in the Province of Oudh to test Professor Pettenkofer's theory on the origin and propagation of cholera
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pp 679-84. Reports received from the Chief Commissioner of Oudh regarding results obtained in experiments to test Professor Pettenkofer's theory of cholera aetiology, including registers kept at Lucknow, Fyzabad, Pertabgurh and Kheree showing distance of sub-soil water lever from ground, rainfall...
Formation of a new college in Calctta for the instruction of native youths in the science of medicine
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Orders of Government that the medical classes of the Sanskrit College, the Madrasah and the Native Medical Institution be abolished; formation of a new college in Calcutta.
Report of the Committee on the remedy of Dr Dalton; recommendation that a leper infirmary be established
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Report of the committee to ascertain the efficacy of Dr Dalton's remedy for leprosy; recommendation that an infirmary be established for the reception of lepers.
Assistant Surgeons D D Cunningham and T R Lewis to communicate with the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, with a view to furthering their investigations into cholera