Remarks on the Annual Reports of the Sanitary Commissioners with the North-Western Provinces and the Punjab
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pp 133-48. Comprising: Remarks of the Army Sanitary Commission on the fifth Annual Report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the North-Western Provinces, 1872 Remarks of the Army Sanitary Commission on the Sanitary Administration of the Punjab for the year 1872 Communication by A C C De Renzy, Sa...
Progress made in sanitary improvements and in Military sanitation in India
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pp 59-420. Extensive collection of reports, correspondence and statistics, comprising: pp 59-61 Secretary of State for India requests information on the progress made towards: implementation of the "Suggestions in regards to Sanitary Works required for improving Indian Stations" (1864) arrangem...
Position of J M Cuningham on the use of quarantine as a preventive against the spread of cholera
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pp 41-42. Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, forwards a statement arguing that quarantine is useless as a means of preventing the spread of cholera, and should be prohibited.
Report by Assistant Surgeon Abdur Ruzzack [Abdur Razzack] on the sanitary condition of pilgrims at Mecca
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pp 469-534. Report submitted by Abur Razzack detailing his journey from Bombay to Mecca as a pilgrim undertaking the Hadj, plus correspondence thereon received from the Foreign Office, the Under Secretary of State for India; a report by Dr E Dickson, British Delegate to the Board of Health at Co...
Conduct of Dr De Renzy, Sanitary Commissioner with the Punjab, in publishing his Remarks on the Report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India on the Cholera Epidemic of 1872 in Northern India
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pp 61-78. Government of the Punjab forward copy statement by A C C De Renzy regarding the circumstances surrounding the publication of his pamphlet, discussing in detail the disagreement between himself and J M Cuningham over the aetiology of cholera, and enclosing copy articles from The Lancet,...
Use of the preparation called Leprolin for the treatment of leprosy; deputation of Captain Rost to the Kasauli Pasteur Institute to conduct further experiments on the leprosy bacillus
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pp 1871-85. Correspondence regarding Rost's discovery and its apparent use in the treatment of leprosy throughout India, including the following reports: Copy Third communication on the pathology and treatment of leprosy, being a paper read before the Burma Branch of the British Medical Associat...
Communications between A C C De Renzy and J M Cuningham regarding theories of cholera aetiology
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pp 37-47. Comprising: Communication [dated Sep 1871, Kingstown, Ireland] from Surgeon Major A De Renzy, former Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of the Punjab, in reply to remarks made by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, concerning the Punjab Annual San...
Reports and correspondence on the plague in Baghdad and other places in Turkish Arabia
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pp 09-45. Extensive collection of reports and correspondence forwarded to the Government of India regarding the plague outbreaks in Baghdad and Hillah, and efforts taken to prevent its spread through the Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia. Discussing shipping regulations; the efficacy of quarantin...
Allegations made by Mr Haffkine on one side and by Lieutenant-Colonel Bannerman and Captain Liston, IMS, on the other regarding their position in the Plague Research Laboratory, Bombay
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pp 23-157. Extensive correspondence between Waldemar Haffkine, W B Bannerman, G Liston, Captain E D W Greig, the Governments of India and Bombay, and the Surgeon-General with the Government of Bombay, regarding disagreements between Haffkine, Bannerman and Liston; their work at the Plague Researc...
