Statements regarding chemistry teaching and analysis of drinking water as taught at Netley
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pp 539-44. Statements by Dr Aitken and Professor De Chaumont regarding instruction in chemistry and water analysis at the Army Medical School, Netley, made in response to comments by Surgeon General Thom.
pp 545-53. Government comments on: the reports by the Commissioners of the Patna, Rajshahye, Kuch Behar and Chota Nagpur Divisions on the working of the Cantonment Lock Hospitals for the year 1876. the annual reports of the several Lock Hospitals in the Punjab for the year 1876. reports on the w...
pp 561-64. Government of India forward previous telegrams and correspondence regarding cholera outbreaks along the river Indus and the suggested establishment of a quarantine at Attock, Punjab, and draw attention to the measures to be adopted on the outbreak of cholera and smallpox.
Reports by Drs T R Lewis and D D Cunningham on the fever prevalent in Bombay in the early months of the year
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pp 567-68. Reports received from Lewis and Cunningham: regarding their research into the Bombay fever and their investigations into a possible relationship with famine conditions, reporting also on the German literature; and summarising the rest of their research.
pp 569-621. Secretary of State for India forwards copy telegrams, correspondence and regulations concerning the pilgrim traffic in the Red Sea, and proposals by Turkish authorities for regulation and quarantine. Includes copy communications from: Sir Henry Elliot. Dr Dickson, British Delegate t...
Proposed International Commission of Enquiry into the plague
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pp 623-25. The Foreign Office forward copy correspondence regarding the proposed International Medical Commission of Enquiry into the outbreak of plague at Mesopotamia, and the nomination of Dr [William Henry] Colvill as the representative for Her Majesty's Government.
Revised statistical forms for adoption in the Sanitary and Vaccination Reports
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pp 511-15. Comments from Surgeon Major H W Bellew, Sanitary Commissioner and Superintendent General of Vaccination for the Punjab, plus Resolution of the Government of India.
Experiments in connection with the effects of snake-poisoning
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Correspondence between the Government of India, the Government of Bengal and the Indian Medical Department regarding the work of Surgeon-Major J Ewart's Snake-poison committee, and the secondment of Dr Wall for experimental work for the said committee. Includes an annex describing investigation...