Manufacturing febrifuge from the bark grown at Government cinchona plantations in Bengal
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pp 133-35. Dispatch to the Secretary of State for India, forwarding copy papers regarding the most favourable location for the manufacture of cinchona febrifuge.
Preparation of a febrifuge suitable for use in the West Indian Colonies
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pp 63-69. Despatch from the Secretary of State, forwarding copy correspondence with the Colonial Office regarding the febrifuge preparation; includes case study provided by Surgeon General S L Crane, Trinidad.
Supposed remedy for snake-bites which has been discovered in Rio Grande
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pp 105-11. The Foreign Office forward, for information, copy correspondence regarding the alleged cure for snake-bite used by Jose Doms de Almeida in Porto Alegre [ vegetable-based remedies to be used as a cure and a prophylactic, known as 'snake-remedy' and venelina respectively.]
Second Annual Report of the Pastuer Institute of India, Kasauli; plus correspondence
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pp 485-509. Copy of the report, plus comments of the Central Committee, and letters regarding the suggestion by Lieutenant-Colonel Semple that free railway passes should be granted to the poorer class of native patients desirous to proceed to Kasauli for treatment at the Institute.
Investigations into Captain E R Rost's alleged cure for leprosy
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pp 367-73. Despatch from the Secretary of State requesting further investigation into leprolin, developed by Rost; plus requests received from the Columbian Republic and the Governor of French Guiana requesting samples.
Question whether chemists in India can colour quinine and send it by land and sea from any place in British India to Native States
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pp 191-94. Correspondence, including statement of case by the Solicitor to the Government of India, and statement by the Government of India that chemists in India are not prohibited from colouring quinine and sending it from any place in British India to Native States provided that it is not rep...
Orders on the Sanitary Commissioner's Review of the working of the Lock Hospitals in the Bengal Presidency during 1870
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pp 247-50. Correspondence, primarily regarding the women labourers hired to aid in the construction of military cantonments, grass-cutting etc., and the provision of accomodation for them.