Recommendations for new leprosy and smallpox wards in Calicut
Scope & Content:
Collector of Malabar recommends the immediate construction of a ward for smallpox, with a leper ward attached, on the beach north of the town of Calicut.
Enquiries into a reported antidote to snake venom, and a reported treatment which prevents the transmission of hydrophobia [rabies] following the bite of 'a mad dog'