Outbreak of scurvy on board the Janet Cowan attributed to the bad quality of the water supplied at Bassein
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p 105. Marine Department forward report by William Spooner, Medical Inspector, remarking on the appearance of scurvy on vessels departing from Bassein and Rangoon, and the case of the Janet Cowan; plus comments thereon by the Marine Department.
Order of the Turkish Government requiring passports in future for all passengers and pilgrims arriving at Jeddah
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pp 275-77. George Goschen, Ambassador at Constantinople, forwards communication from Dr Hussein Jehur, Acting Consul at Jeddah, regarding the requirement for pilgrims arriving at Jeddah to be in possession of passports, and that those arriving without would have them issued by Turkish authoritie...
Report on the method of extracting quinine from cinchona bark as practised in the factory at Mungpoo
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Letters enclosing report by Dr George King, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, on the method of extracting quinine from cinchona bark, as practised in the factory at Mongpoo by Mr Gammie. King also requests that samples of the following cinchona products be supplied to him: C...