Letter regarding the medical topographies of the Nilgiri Hills
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Letter from the General Department to the Medical Board, regarding the medico-topographical reports by Jones, Stoddart and Orton. The Governor in Council does not consider it necessary to establish a station in the Nilgiris for recovering European invalids.
Measures for rendering the practice of inoculation more extensive
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Report of the Madras Medical Board regarding the successes in inoculating European and Native troops. The Board advise that inoculation be spread throughout the local population, and recommend appointing a Surgeon to oversee the various districts in Madras, and that local Brahmin inoculators be e...
Correspondence regarding the arrangements for vaccination in military cantonments
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Includes abstracts of replies to the Quarter Master General's circular regarding the arrangements for vaccination of non-military persons, European and Native, residing in the cantonments, plus a list of Sanitary Commissioner J M Cunningham's general principles for vaccination arrangements.
Effects of artificial respiration on animals subjected to snake-poisoning
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Despatch from the Secretary of State forwarding a letter by Dr J Fayrer, regarding the work of the Committee on the effects of artificial respiration, and recommending ways in which mortality from snake-bite might be reduced.
Proposed alterations to the forms for recording vital statistics
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pp 157-61. Copy of draft forms submitted by R T Abbott, Sanitary Commissioner with the Hyderabad Assigned Districts; plus comments thereon by the Government of India.
Proposal for the amalgamation of the Sanitary and Vaccine Departments
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pp 55-88. Comments on the proposals by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India to amalgamate the Sanitary and Vaccine Departments, received from: the Chief Commissioner of Oudh; the Inspector General of Hospitals, Indian Medical Department; the Governments of the Punjab, North-Wes...