Deputation of Captain C J Robertson-Milne on special duty in connection with the investigation of cerebro-spinal fever at the Pasteur Institute of India
Imposition of restrictions upon the publication of the results of work undertaken in Government laboratories
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pp 1031-35. Correspondence regarding the publication of a paper by George Lamb on snake poison in the Lancet. Government of India request that the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India have first refusal on publication of any research conducted at Government laboratories.
(3185-87) Letter from James Anderson to Government of Madras, 12 Nov 1789, requesting help in procuring young plants from Sumatra (camphor and benjamine) and China (the Toi chee, a varnish tree). (3188-95) Letter from James Anderson to Andrew Berry, 25 Oct 1789, re Berry’s success in extracting a...
(3251-54) Letter from James Anderson to Government of Madras, 24 Nov 1789, describing his experiments on nests of red insects found in various trees; when thrown on hot oil, the nests turn the oil into a waxy substance: potential for practical use. (3254-59) Letter from James Anderson to Andrew ...
pp 1271-72. Letter from the Registrar, Royal College of Physicians, to R H Meade, Colonial Office, regarding the treatment of leprosy with cashewnut oil - the Beauperthy system - and its use in India; and the treatment of leprosy with gurjun oil, as recommended by Dr Dougall. Letter from the R...