Dr Wall's experimental work for the Snake Poison Commission
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pp 477-88. Correspondence between Dr Wall, the Government of Bengal and the Government of India, regarding Wall's requested to be relieved of his duties on the Snake Poison Commission, and the desirability of compiling a publication of selections from the Comission reports. Includes the followi...
Annual report of the Agra Medical School for 1877-78
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pp 319-49. Report of the Medical school, providing details of pupils, examination results, the syllabus, and school behaviour. The report is preceeded by correspondence regarding school discipline and the suicide of a pupil.
Resolution and correspondence regarding the report of the Chemical Department of the Government of Bengal for 1877-78
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pp 365-375. Resolution of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, plus correspondence, regarding the report with focus on the transmission of samples to the chemical department; cattle poisoning; and the quality of lime juice.
Reports on the experiments made with the Cinchona Febrifuge manufactured at Rungbee and the Quinetum Alkaloid and Quinetum Sulphate
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pp 385-445. Correspondence regarding the work of Government Quinologist C H Wood, and the trials of his cinchona febrifuge, discussing the efficacy of the treatment when compared with other cinchona alkaloids, the economic rationale for production and distribution, production statistics, and the...
Annual report of the Government Cinchona Plantation in British Sikkim and of the Government Quinologist for the year 1879-80
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Containing: Eighteenth Annual Report and Returns of the Government Cinchona Plantations in British Sikkim by Surgeon Major George King; Report of the Quinologist for 1879-80; Resolution of the Lieutenant-Governor regarding the above.
Comment on the reports of the Government Cinchona Plantation in British Sikkim and of the Government Quinologist for 1879-80
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p 443. Letter from the Secretary of State for India to the Governor General regarding Dr King's recommendations following his visit to Java, the proposal to encourage private enterprise in cinchona cultivation in new localities, and his preference for Government to extend current plantations rath...
Dr George King's report on the Java Cinchona Plantation
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pp 9-16. Report of George King, Superintendent of the Botanical Garden, Calcutta, on his visit to inspect Dutch cinchona plantations in Java, and investigations into the cultivation of cinchona calisaya; letter from the Government of India to the Government of Bengal, regarding guidance for the I...
Regarding the Bengal Vaccination Report for 1878-79
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Resolution of the Lieutenant-Governor regarding the [smallpox] vaccination report for Bengal, plus letter from the Government of India to the Government of Bengal regarding the Bengal vaccine establishment.
Use of calisaya bark from Sikkim, and the manufacture of alkaloids from the succirubra bark
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Letter from Fort William to the Secretary of State to India regarding the use of calisaya bark from Sikkim and the experiments with mixed alkaloids conducted by C H Wood, Government Quinologist. Enclosing a letter from Dr George King to the Government of Bengal regarding the same.