Comments on the cultivation of sunflowers to neutralize the injurious effects of marshy exhalations
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p 1505. Communication from J Murray, Inspector General of Hospitals, Indian Medical Department, remarking on the practice of plantating shrubs and trees in areas known to be malarial, remarking that the present state of scientific knowledge would not admit a large-scale experiment being tried.
Cultivation of sunflower for the purpose of neutralizing the injurious effect of marshy exhalations
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pp 1399-1400. Communication from C T Buckland, Officiating Commissioner of Burdwan, forwarding a cutting from the Pall Mall Gazette regarding an experiment conducted in the Netherlands to reduce cases of intermittent fever by planting sunflowers; plus copy letter from the Superintendent of the Be...
Report on the outbreak of cholera in Umritsur [Amritsar] in 1869, plus appendices
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pp 707-812. Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the circumstances and history of the late outbreak of cholera in the City of Umritsur [Amritsar], plus appendices: A. Resolution of this Government, dated 14th Sep 1869, appointing the Committee. B. Report by Major F M Birch, Deputy C...
Army Sanitary Commission memorandum on the subject of recording mortuary statistics in India
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pp 1143-46. Memorandum by the Army Sanitary Commission in reply to the Government of India's resolution regarding the recording and collecting of mortuary statistics in India; plus copy letter from the Registrar General to the Army Sanitary Commission regarding methods for registering births, mar...
Proposition that the Calcutta Mesmeric Hospital be re-opened through voluntary contributions
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Dr J Esdaile, secretary to the Mesmeric Committee, submits a proposition to the Governor of Bengal for re-opening the mesmeric hospital by voluntary contribution.
Annual Report on the Sanitary Administration of the Punjab for 1867
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pp 75-148. Report by A DeRenzy, Sanitary Commissioner, Punjab, submitting the report plus comments and the following statistics: Return A. Showing the total number of deaths from all causes during the year Return B. Showing the deaths from all causes distributed according to age and sex Return C...
Dr J Esdaile seeks permission to have the Sukeas Lane [Calcutta] Dispensary placed under his charge, for the purpose of introducing the practice of mesmerism
Results of the experiments made in the Province of Oudh to test Professor Pettenkofer's theory on the origin and propagation of cholera
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pp 679-84. Reports received from the Chief Commissioner of Oudh regarding results obtained in experiments to test Professor Pettenkofer's theory of cholera aetiology, including registers kept at Lucknow, Fyzabad, Pertabgurh and Kheree showing distance of sub-soil water lever from ground, rainfall...