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Subject Snake Bites

11. IOR/P/526 Sep 1873 no 06

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IOR/P/526 Sep 1873 no 06
Title:
Treatment of snake-bite by means of the injection of ammonia
Scope & Content:
Report by A H Hilson, Civil Surgeon at Moradabad, reporting on his experience of injecting ammonia to treat snake-bite, as recommended by Prodfessor Halford. Hilson comments on Dr Fayrer's method of using artificial respiration in cases of cobra bite.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1873-Sep 1873
Extent:
6 pages

12. IOR/P/526 Sep 1873 nos 40-42

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IOR/P/526 Sep 1873 nos 40-42
Title:
A dozen of the most venomous snakes to be found in Australia required for the Committee appointed to test the efficacy of artificial respiration in cases of snake-bite
Scope & Content:
Specimens required for further testing, based on the work of Dr Fayrer - India, recommending the use of artificial respiration - and Dr Halford - Australia, recommending the injection of liqour ammonia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1873-Sep 1873
Extent:
3 pages

13. IOR/P/526 Sep 1874 nos 52-53

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IOR/P/526 Sep 1874 nos 52-53
Title:
Correspondence regarding experiments made in the Province of Sind with Mr Richardson's alleged remedy for snake-bite
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the secret remedy, including a table providing details of 43 people treated for snake-bite.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1874-Sep 1874
Extent:
4 pages

14. IOR/P/1004 Apr 1876 nos 17-18

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IOR/P/1004 Apr 1876 nos 17-18
Title:
Experiments in connection with the effects of snake-poisoning
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Government of India, the Government of Bengal and the Indian Medical Department regarding the work of Surgeon-Major J Ewart's Snake-poison committee, and the secondment of Dr Wall for experimental work for the said committee. Includes an annex describing investigation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1876
Extent:
9 pages

15. IOR/P/1004 Sep 1876 nos 26-28

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IOR/P/1004 Sep 1876 nos 26-28
Title:
Report on the remedy proposed by Dr Declat, of Paris, for the bite of poisonous snakes
Scope & Content:
p 411-14. Report by Dr A J Wall, of the Snake Poison Commission, on Dr Declat's proposal to treat snake bites wth carbolic or phenic acid in the form of a "phenate d'ammoniaque". The appendix details seven experiments with carbolic acid, testing the remedy on dogs injected with cobra venom.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1876-Sep 1876
Extent:
4 pages

16. IOR/P/1005 Dec 1877 nos 10-12

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IOR/P/1005 Dec 1877 nos 10-12
Title:
Report on the physiological effects of the poisons of the Naja Trupudians and the Daboia Russellii
Scope & Content:
Report by Surgeon A J Wall, member of the Snake Commission, recounting in detail a snake-bite incident described in the Indian Medical Gazette (Oct 1873), and 39 experiments upon animals conducted to ascertain the effects of cobra and daboia poison upon the nervous sytem; respiration; circulatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1877-Dec 1877
Extent:
47 pages

17. IOR/P/1005 Dec 1877 nos 52-53

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IOR/P/1005 Dec 1877 nos 52-53
Title:
Albermarl Bettington's research into animal bites
Scope & Content:
Correspondence forwarded to the Snake Poison Commission regarding Albemarl Bettington's investigations into the poison of the foorsa [echis carinatus, or saw-scaled viper].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1877-Dec 1877
Extent:
4 pages

18. IOR/P/1005 Dec 1877 nos 56-59

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IOR/P/1005 Dec 1877 nos 56-59
Title:
Dr W O Reid's proposed antidote for snake-poison
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding Reid's remedy for snake-bites, made from the impatiens fulva.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1877-Dec 1877
Extent:
2 pages

19. IOR/P/1005 Feb 1877 nos 10-11

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IOR/P/1005 Feb 1877 nos 10-11
Title:
Result of the experiments made with the alleged remedy for snake-bite supplied by the King of Siam
Scope & Content:
Contains a report by Surgeon A J Wall, member of the Snake Poison Commission, detailing the experiments with "two small pieces of a root of a tree with a slightly aromatic odour".
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1876-Jan 1877
Extent:
3 pages

20. IOR/P/1005 Jul 1877 nos 33-34

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IOR/P/1005 Jul 1877 nos 33-34
Title:
Rattlesnake gall as an antidote for snake-bites
Scope & Content:
Translation of a letter from Arthur Koscicky to the Minister for Indian Affairs, recommending the use of rattlesnake gall as an antidote to rattlesnake poison. Note by Sir J Fayrer recommending that the letter be forwarded to the Snake Poison Committee.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1877-Jul 1877
Extent:
1 page