Treatment of leprosy at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy Hospital with chaulmogra oil and cashewnut oil; plus further report by J Dougall on the subject of treatment with gurjun oil
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Report by Acting 1st Physician H Cook on the treatment of leprosy at the Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy Hospital with chaulmogra oil (also referred to as Oleum Gynocardii) and cashewnut oil, consisting of report; tabulated statement showing the cases treated from Oct 1868; and detailed patient histories a...
Establishment of a quarantine station at Bassidore [Bāsa'īdū]
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pp 75-84. Correspondence and copy telegrams regarding the outbreak of plague at Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Persian Gulf; quarantine measures adopted by the Egyptian Sanitary Board; initial plans for temporarily moving the Bushire Residency to Bassidore and establishing a quarantine; the trade of...
Resolution and letter regarding Bengal Insane Asylum Report 1874
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Resolution of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, J Crawfurd, regarding the Report on the Insane Asylums of Bengal for 1874: discusses increase in admissions; increases in mortality; expenditure; statistics for Dullunda, Dacca, Patna, Cuttack, Moydapore, Berhampore and Bhowanipore. Letter from A...
pp 569-621. Secretary of State for India forwards copy telegrams, correspondence and regulations concerning the pilgrim traffic in the Red Sea, and proposals by Turkish authorities for regulation and quarantine. Includes copy communications from: Sir Henry Elliot. Dr Dickson, British Delegate t...
On the subject of Dr Stewart's proposed remodelling of the Vaccine Department, and the establishment of provincial dispensaries
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No. 24. Bengal Medical Board to the Governor General in Council, regarding the remodelling of the Vaccine Department and forwarding letter from the Superintendent General of Vaccination in Bengal. Includes communication from the Superintending Surgeon at Benares regarding the artificial dissemin...
Reports on the mortality from epidemic fever in the Southern Provinces and Madura, recommending the adoption of certain measures thereon
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pp 2005-13 Letter from the Medical Board, regarding investigations into "the prevailing mortality in the Southern Provinces at least in what regards Madura and its vicinity...", requesting that the Council authorise the adoption of sanitary measures. Enclosing: pp 2013-32 Copy report of Dr M Ch...
Report on the vital statistics in the Central Provinces for 1868; plus adoption of uniform returns for vital and sanitary statistics
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pp 01-26. Contains the report of the Sanitary Commissioner, Central Provinces and Berar; plus correspondence between J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, and the Government of India, regarding the need to prepare uniform statistical returns.