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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/P Subject Dysentery Digitised Content Platform BL Digitised Manuscripts (2024-)

1. IOR/P/526 Mar 1875 nos 51-56

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IOR/P/526 Mar 1875 nos 51-56
Title:
Alleged cure for dysentery discovered by Mr George A White
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding White's alleged cure, using the sesamum indicum. Includes instructions for preparing the treatment, and copy testimonies forwarded by White. Order of the Governor General in Council that the treatment be trialled.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1874-Mar 1875
Extent:
5 pages

2. IOR/P/1003 Jun 1877 no 75

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IOR/P/1003 Jun 1877 no 75
Title:
Report by D D Cunningham on his investigations into fever at relief camps, and the pathology of the so-called "famine" diarrhoea and dysentery
Scope & Content:
pp 229-30. Cunningham reports on his investigations in Madras.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1877
Extent:
2 pages

3. IOR/P/1004 May 1876 nos 04-06

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IOR/P/1004 May 1876 nos 04-06
Title:
G A White's recommendation of the teel [til] plant as a cure for dysentry
Scope & Content:
Concerning G A White's recommendation of Sesamum Orientale [Sesamum Indicum] - the common teel [til] plant - as a cure for dysentery. Contains details of trials at the Mayo Native Hospital Calcutta and Calcutta Medical College; case descriptions; and comparisons with other treatments.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1875-May 1876
Extent:
4 pages

4. IOR/P/1005 Dec 1877 nos 49-50

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IOR/P/1005 Dec 1877 nos 49-50
Title:
A specific for diarrhoea, dysentery, spasmodic pains of the bowels, and asiatic cholera; and the use of coal or carbon as articles of animal nutrition
Scope & Content:
pp 1421-27. Letters from Professor H W Adams of Philidelphia: (1) Provides details of a specific for the cure of diarrhoea, dysentery, spasmodic pains of the bowels and asiatic cholera, with instructions for treatment. (2) Describes his experiments with using coal and carbon as a source of fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1877-Dec 1877
Extent:
7 pages

5. IOR/P/1204 Nov 1878 nos 05-06

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1204 Nov 1878 nos 05-06
Title:
Results of trials with Dr H W Adams' specific for cholera, dysentery and diarrhoea
Scope & Content:
pp 521-23. Letters summarizing the results of trials with Dr H W Adam's specific for cholera, dysentery and diarrhoea. Dr Adams' suggested coal and carbon diet was not tested.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1878-Nov 1878
Extent:
3 pages

6. IOR/P/1663 Dec 1882 nos 24-25

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IOR/P/1663 Dec 1882 nos 24-25
Title:
Medicinal value of the black wattle tree of Australia
Scope & Content:
p 309. Tested as a treatment for dysentery.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1882-Dec 1882
Extent:
1 page

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