Reports received on the Buisson treatment of rabies
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pp 397-421. Reports transmitted to the Government of India from Medical Officers throughout India, regarding trials of Dr Buisson's vapour bath treatment for vabies. Includes detailed descriptions of cases, and a list of centres offering the treatment.
pp 189-205. Communication from F Pirkis, Fleet Paymaster, Royal Navy, to the Governor General of India, enclosing information, testimonials and case study reports of Dr Buisson's vapour bath method of treating hydrophobia [rabies]. Includes lists of institutions and individuals who offer the trea...
Proposed reconstruction of the Presidency General Hospital, Bengal
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pp 247-57. Communication from the Government of Bengal, forwarding to the Government of India copy correspondence regarding the present condition of the Presidency General Hospital, and proposals for its reconstruction. Includes details of the establishment and expenditure.
Proposal to place Surgeon Major Ronald Ross on special duty to investigate the truth of Dr Patrick Manson's theory of the transmission of the infection of malaria by means of the mosquito
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pp 259-63. Communication from the Government of Madras, forwarding copy letter from Ross requesting to be placed on special duty, plus orders thereon from the Government of India.
Preservative medicine (common salt) to be used in packing viscera in certain cases
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pp 337-47. Memorandum on the use of a saturated solution of common salt as a preservative for viscera sent for chemical examination, by Assistant Surgeon Chuni Lal Bose, Additional Chemical Examiner to the Government of Bengal; plus related correspondence and orders thereon from the Government of...
Proposed deputation of a European Medical Officer to assist Dr Lingard in investigating the nature of the disease known in the Himalayas as Mahamari
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pp 717-19. Communication from the Government of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, forwarding a letter from Professor Robert Koch to Sir Anthony MacDonnell, recommending that an investigation be carried out to determine whether the disease known as mahamari is in fact bubonic plague, through b...