Remarks on the Annual Reports on Civil Hospitals and Dispensaries in India for the year 1897
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pp 225-91. Resolutions and remarks from the Presidency and Provincial Governments on the annual reports for medical institutions, plus comparative note by the Director-General, Indian Medical Service.
Measures to be taken for the prevention of the insect "Chigo" or "Jigger flea" [Tunga] being introduced into India from Africa
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pp 297-303. Government of India forward report by E C Cotes, Fellow of the Entomological Society of London, regarding the Tunga or Sarcopsylla penetrans, and the potential dangers of importing the insect to India [includes illustration].
Report by Lieutenant-Colonel G A Emerson, Superintendent of the MacLaren Leper Asylum, Dehra Dun, on the use of "Europhen" in the treatment of Leprosy
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pp 77-87. Report of Surgeon Emerson of his medical trials with the drug Europhen, received from Friedrich Bayer & Co., including detailed case study descriptions for named leprosy patients.
Appointment of temporary medical practitioners in England for plague duty in India
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pp 97-109. Note by the Director General of the Indian Medical Service, regarding the difficulties in obtaining medical practitioners for plague duty; plus copy telegrams from the various Presidencies and Provinces providing details of their respective plague establishments.
Proposed appointment of a Scientific Commission to investigate the causes and cure of malaria and the deputation to India of Dr C W Daniels to aid in the investigation