Effects of artificial respiration on animals subjected to snake-poisoning
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Despatch from the Secretary of State forwarding a letter by Dr J Fayrer, regarding the work of the Committee on the effects of artificial respiration, and recommending ways in which mortality from snake-bite might be reduced.
Proposal to hold a scientific investigation into the nature, pathology, and causation of the fever prevailing in the Burdwan and Hooghly Districts
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Correspondence regarding the investigation proposed by the Government of Bengal. Includes an extract from and discussion of Nicholas Pike, "An American in Mauritius", Friend of India (1873) and his description of the role of microscopic and parasitic plants in the development of fevers.
Correspondence and reports regarding the endemic skin diseases of India
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Correspondence and reports received from Indian Medical Service officers throughout India, in response to the paper on endemic skin diseases by Drs Tilbury Fox and Farquhar which was circulated by the Government of India. Contains statistics and detailed case studies for skin diseases in India,...
Dr Beatson's mangement of the Nagpur Lunatic Asylum
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Correspondence regarding the operation of the asylum under the superintendence of Surgeon Major W B Beatson, primarily focusing on the pregnancy of a patient. The correspondence provides detail about the day to day running of the asylum.
Probable causes of the epidemic fever lately prevailing in the Burdwan and Hooghly Districts
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Communication from the Government of Bengal, forwarding correspondence and reports regarding the epidemic Burdwan fever and Hooghly fever. Includes detailed population returns for Burdwan, Hooghly and Midnapore; reports on the condition of the ryots; a Resolution by the Statistical Department; ...