The Madras Government order the printing of 250 copies of Assistant Surgeon John Grant Malcolmson's prize essays on beri-beri and rheumatism - 6 copies are dispatched to the Court of Directors in London (includes a distribution list, on p 7).
Outbreak of the disease called beri-beri in Atchin
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pp 481-85. Despatch from the Secretary of State, forwarding a translation of a paper on the beri-beri epidemic in Atchin by Professor C A Pikelharing, which originally appeared in No. 25 of the Netherlands Medical Journal.
Appointment of Surgeon G M J Giles, Civil Surgeon, Hoshangabad, for temporary employment in Assam to investigate the diseases beri-beri and kala-azar
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pp 483-99. Communication from the Chief Commissioner of Assam to the Home Department, regarding the investigation and enclosing detailed reports on kala-azar taken from the Sanitary Reports for 1882-88; Plus communication to the Deputy Commissioners of Tea Districts, regarding the extent of ber...
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.
Investigations into the etiology of malaria and kala-azar; plus communication regarding treatment for beri-beri
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pp 703-14. Correspondence regarding the deputation of Captain S P James and Lieutenant S R Christophers to study kala-azar and malaria respectively; plus report by John Haggard regarding the discovery in Noumea that watercress has been accidentally discovered to be "an almost certain cure" for be...
Indian Journal of Medical Research, Indian Medical Research Memoirs
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Comprises Indian Journal of Medical Research, Vol 12 1924-25 Quarterly, plus Indian Medical Research Memoirs: No 1. K S Mhaskar, Report of the Ankylostomiasis inquiry in Madras (1924); No 2. R McCarrison and R V Norris, The relationship of rice to beri-beri in India (1924); No 3. S R Chris...