Memorandum of the Army Sanitary Commission on the Report of the Sanitary Commissioner for Madras for 1877
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pp 813-33. Includes discussion of the famine in Madras, and D D Cunningham's paper On certain effects of starvation on vegetable and animal tissues (1877).
Imposition of quarantine at Aden and elsewhere in consequence of the outbreak of plague in Mesopotamia [Iraq]
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pp 101-29. Copy correspondence and telegrams regarding the outbreak of plague in Mesopotamia, and actions taken by the Government of India in response. Includes communications received from the Government of Bombay; Brigadier-General F A E Loch, Political Resident, Aden; C A Cookson, Consul at E...
Note on the working of the Rules for the prevention of venereal disease among European Troops in the Bengal Presidency in 1873
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pp 381-405. Report by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, including: Statement A. Showing the area over which the rules for the prevention of venereal disease have been in force, the cost of establishment of Lock Hospitals, &c., during the year 1873. Statement B. Showing...
A dozen of the most venomous snakes to be found in Australia required for the Committee appointed to test the efficacy of artificial respiration in cases of snake-bite
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Specimens required for further testing, based on the work of Dr Fayrer - India, recommending the use of artificial respiration - and Dr Halford - Australia, recommending the injection of liqour ammonia.
Deputation of a Muslim doctor to Mecca to report on the sanitary condition of that place during the pilgrimage
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pp 767-72. Correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and the Indian Medical Department, discussing arrangements and the details to be reported. Assistant Surgeon Abdoor Razzack [Abdur-Razzack], previously stationed at the Mayo Hospital, Calcutta, is selected.