Dr Waldemar Haffkine's scientific mission to India
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pp 85-87. Despatch from the Secretary of State, forwarding communications from the Foreign Office and the Russian Ambassador to England regarding Waldemar Haffkine's research into cholera.
Proposed establishment of Pasteur Institute in the Punjab and Poona
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pp 327-55. Correspondence regarding the proposed establishment of a Pasteur Institute in Poona: Report by Dr Lingard on the unsuitability of Poona's climate, and the necessity of constructing a refrigerated room if the anti-rabic vaccine was to be developed there. Includes details of different m...
Inoculation of soldiers at Agra with the cholera virus; experiments conducted by Dr Waldemar Haffkine
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pp 367-73. Despatch to the Secretary of State forwarding answers to questions asked in the House of Commons concerning Waldemar Haffkine's scientific mission to India, and his trials in inoculating for cholera.
Dr Augustus Mueller's treatment of snake-bite with strychnine
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pp 41-47. Correspondence, including copies of Mueller's letters to the Government of India, and orders to the Presidency Governments to trial the treatment.
pp 187-89. Despatch from the Secretary of State, forwarding an account of a Dr Glagner, Government Town Physician of Samarung, who claims to have successfully treated beri-beri with quinine.
Report of the Hyderabad Chloroform Commission: discussion of legislation regarding cruelty to animals and experimentation
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pp 263-75. Despatch from the Secretary of State, regarding the reception of the report, plus correspondence regarding possible legal powers to enable the Government of India to impose conditions on conducting experiments with animals. Includes excerpts of the Cruelty to Animals Act (1876) and dra...