Result of the experiments made with the alleged remedy for snake-bite supplied by the King of Siam
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Contains a report by Surgeon A J Wall, member of the Snake Poison Commission, detailing the experiments with "two small pieces of a root of a tree with a slightly aromatic odour".
Correspondence regarding the appearance of mahamari plague at Kumaon and Garhwal. Contains descriptions of the symptoms of the disease; its progress through the region; measures in place to check the spread of the disease; advice given to the native inhabitants; and the possibility of deputising ...
Correspondence and reports regarding certain preparations of cinchona febrifuge other than quinine which have been tried in India
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pp 13-347. Memo from J F Beatson, Surgeon General Indian Medical Department to the Home Department, Government of India, enclosing reports received from Army and Indian Medical Department officers throughout the Bengal Presidency on experiments with mixed cinchona alkaloids - cinchonidine and th...
Translation of a letter from Arthur Koscicky to the Minister for Indian Affairs, recommending the use of rattlesnake gall as an antidote to rattlesnake poison. Note by Sir J Fayrer recommending that the letter be forwarded to the Snake Poison Committee.
pp 691-957. Reports from hospitals, jails and dispensaries across the Presidencies regarding the trial of Surgeon Major J Dougall's method for treating leprosy with gurjun oil. The reports are high in detail, consisting of case histories for named patients, describing the progression of the dis...
Letter by Surgeon-General C R Francis, Indian Army (Retired), on the effectiveness of quinine, either swallowed or introduced hypodermically, in the treatment of insolation or sunstroke. With note by Sir J Fayrer.
Trial in the Mayo Hospital in Calcutta of the medicine suggested by Dr Robert L Bowles as a specific for cholera
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Correspondence regarding a recent Mayo Hosptial trial of acidum sulphurosum as a treatment for cholera, proposed by Dr Robert L Bowles. The practice of fumigation as a prophylactic measure is discussed.