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'
Correspondence regarding the introduction of a system of anti-rabic vaccination in the Bacteriological Laboratory at Poona, and in the establishment of a Pasteur Institute in connection with it
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pp 251-63. Includes proposal of A Lingard, Bacteriologist at the Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory, Poona, plus details of the proposed establishment, and statistics relating to rabies infection and mortality.
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...
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...
Results of the trial fo the Buisson Bath treatment for rabies at Allahabad, Ferozepore and Sialkote
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pp 969-70. Fleet Paymaster F E Pirkis [who originally recommended the treatment to the Government of India] comments on the results of the treatment trials.