pp 187-89. Despatch from the Secretary of State, forwarding an account of a Dr Glagner, Government Town Physician of Samarung, who claims to have successfully treated beri-beri with quinine.
To H. [Henry St George] Tucker, Secretary to the Government, from W. [William] Roxburgh, relating to the employment of Nathaniel Wallich. Botanical Garden, 24 Feb 1809. Particular issues/questions include Wallich's current and proposed income whether Wallich can travel to the eastern frontier, a...
Madras Medical Board agree to circulate the advertisement, and reiterate their call for help from the Collectors in the Northern Circars. Government of Madras state that rice is to be issued to inoculated persons from the Public Stores, and that the relevant Collectors will be asked to encourage...
pp 789-99. Correspondence regarding an alleged incident in which two Europeans - Mr Bertrand, the dragoman of the French Consulate at Jeddah, and Mrs Arnaud, wife of the Sanitary Doctor at Jeddah - were held in quarantine in an open boat for six days. The quarantine arrangements at Aden are also...