pp 807-21. Letter from Ronald Ross regarding his research into malaria, his conclusion that it is "communicated by the bites of some species of mosquito", and the need "to find precisely a) What species of Indian mosquitoes do and do not carry human malaria; b) What are the habits of the dangero...
Report on the analysis of certain remedies for the cure of cholera
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Report on the analysis of certain remedies for the cure of cholera received from T Pattaunah and his son Paupiah, native medical practitioners at Vizagapatam [Vishakhapatnam], together with extracts from two letters by Surgeon Beatson, who was instructed to communicate with the petitioners.
Collector of Ramnad to the Madras Medical Board regarding contagious fever
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Letter from the Collector of Ramnad detailing his opinions on the proposals of the Medical Board for remedying the effects of the contagious fever in the southern countries.
On the present state of vaccination under the Bombay Presidency
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Letter from the Bombay Medical Board to the Government of India, regarding the arrangements for vaccination in Bombay Presidency. Discusses the proposal to legislate against the practice of inoculation, and to penalise a refusal to accept vaccination; the necessity of delaying such legislation u...
Report on Public Health and Births and Deaths for Burma for 1867-1868
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pp 433-548. Copy report and statistics, plus memorandum on the report by Colonel Albert Fytche, Chief Commissioner of British Burmah and Agent to the Viceroy and Governor General.