Establishment of an experimental sanatorium at Cherrapunji in the Khasi Hills
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Establishment of an experimental sanatorium at Cherrapunji in the Khasi Hills - plan to establish a cantonment for European troops there - grants of land at Cherrapunji on 99 year leases etc. Vol 1 (includes sketch map of route from Gauhati to Nongkhlao by Lieutenant Richard Wilcox, on pp 232-33,...
Further papers regarding the treatment of eye disease in the Bombay Presidency
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Further papers regarding the treatment of eye disease in the Bombay Presidency - instructions given by the Bombay Medical Board to the Itinerant Oculist [Matthew Stovell] (includes returns of patients treated by the Oculist in the latter half of 1839).
Abolition of the Company's Nopalry at Marmalong and of the Botanical Garden at Samalkot. Dr Benjamin Heyne's plan for establishing a Botanical Garden in Mysore State.
Brief reappearance of the plague at Pali in Jodhpur State - observations on the plague by the Agent in Rajputana [Lieut Colonel Nathaniel Alves] and by Dr Adam Keir.