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1. IOR/P/6114 May 1901 nos 225-26

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IOR/P/6114 May 1901 nos 225-26
Title:
Reports by Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel A Crombie and Lieutenant-Colonel E F Drake-Brockman regarding the Thirteenth International Congress of Medicine held at Paris
Scope & Content:
pp 647-65. Reports, including summaries of the following papers: Methods of purifying water for troops on campaign (Lapasset, Schucking, Vincent) Contamination of sub-soil water by bodies of men in camps (Vincent) Dysentery and the Amoeba Coli (Fenoglio) The Etiology of Dysentery in Armies on ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1900-May 1901
Extent:
19 pages

2. IOR/P/5644 May 1899 nos 156-59

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IOR/P/5644 May 1899 nos 156-59
Title:
Communicability of malaria by mosquito bites
Scope & Content:
pp 807-21. Letter from Ronald Ross regarding his research into malaria, his conclusion that it is "communicated by the bites of some species of mosquito", and the need "to find precisely a) What species of Indian mosquitoes do and do not carry human malaria; b) What are the habits of the dangero...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1899-May 1899
Extent:
13 pages

3. IOR/P/5879 Dec 1900 nos 154-55

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IOR/P/5879 Dec 1900 nos 154-55
Title:
Preliminary report on the collections of mosquitoes received at the Natural History Museum from various parts of the world in connection with the investigation into the causes of malaria
Scope & Content:
pp 1949-63. Government of India circulate copies [enclosed] of Fred V Theobald, Report on the collections of mosquitoes (culicidae) received at the British Museum (Natural History) from various parts of the world in connection with the investigation into the causes of malaria, conducted by the Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1900-Dec 1900
Extent:
13 pages

4. IOR/P/5644 Mar 1899 nos 141-46

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IOR/P/5644 Mar 1899 nos 141-46
Title:
Proposed collection in India of mosquitoes and other flies that bite men and animals
Scope & Content:
pp 451-65. Correspondence, plus copy of a British Museum pamphlet How to Collect Mosquitoes (Culicidae).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1898-Mar 1899
Extent:
11 pages

5. IOR/P/5644 Jan 1899 nos 79-82

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IOR/P/5644 Jan 1899 nos 79-82
Title:
Investigations at Rome into the role of mosquito-bites in the spread of malaria
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1898-Jan 1899
Extent:
5 pages

6. IOR/P/6115 Dec 1901 nos 69-72

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IOR/P/6115 Dec 1901 nos 69-72
Title:
Organisation by private enterprise of agencies for the destruction of mosquitoes in India
Scope & Content:
pp 1645-55. Government of India circulates copies of letters received from Ronald Ross regarding proposed 'mosquito brigades' for India, plus copy letter from C W Daniels of the London School of Tropical Medicine, reporting on the anti-mosquito work conducted in Sierra Leone.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1901-Dec 1901
Extent:
10 pages

7. IOR/P/7053 Jun 1905 nos 200-04

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IOR/P/7053 Jun 1905 nos 200-04
Title:
Communications received from Major Ronald Ross regarding the prevention of malaria in India by the destruction of the anopheles mosquito
Scope & Content:
pp 853-77. Reports received from Ronald Ross, criticising the anti-malarial operations conducted at Mian Mir, and proposing additional measures to reduce the numbers of anopheles mosquitoes. Comprising reports by Ross: the Prevention of Malaria in India; the Anti-Malaria Experiment at Mian Mir; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1904-Jun 1905
Extent:
22 pages

8. IOR/P/6578 Apr 1903 nos 02-03

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IOR/P/6578 Apr 1903 nos 02-03
Title:
Organisation of measures in the Bombay Presidency and the Punjab for the prevention of the spread of malaria by mosquitoes
Scope & Content:
pp 301-16. Letters received from Ronald Ross regarding arrangements for the destruction of mosquitoes and prevention of malaria in India, plus correspondence between the Governments of India and Bombay regarding the formation of mosquito brigades, financial arrangements, and recommeded irrigation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1902-Mar 1903
Extent:
14 pages

9. IOR/P/6578 May 1903 nos 108-15

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IOR/P/6578 May 1903 nos 108-15
Title:
Continued employment of Captain S P James for a further period of one year to investigate the subject of malaria at Mian Mir
Scope & Content:
pp 427-36. Correspondence regarding the investigation of the Royal Society Malaria Committee into possible measures to eradicate mosquitoes and prevent malaria. It is agreed that James should make further observations during the cold season.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1902-May 1903
Extent:
8 pages

10. IOR/P/6115 Sep 1901 no 139

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IOR/P/6115 Sep 1901 no 139
Title:
A simple account of the causation of malarial fever and an indication of the practical measures towards its prevention based upon the recent discoveries on the subject
Scope & Content:
pp 1431-42. Government of India forward copies [one printed] of a circular by the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of Madras on the causes and treatment of malaria, based on the Handbook of Gnats and Mosquitoes by Major Giles.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1901
Extent:
11 pages