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].
Investigations at Rome into the role of mosquito-bites in the spread of malaria
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pp 59-65. Letters from T Edmondston Charles regarding work on malaria and mosquitoes conducted in Italy by Professors Bignami and Grassi, recommending that Ronald Ross send research reports and mosquito samples to Italy.
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