Enquiries into a reported antidote to snake venom, and a reported treatment which prevents the transmission of hydrophobia [rabies] following the bite of 'a mad dog'
Report from Dr Wiehe on the cholera which prevailed in parts of the Satara district during the last monsoon; observations on the causes and suggestions of remedial measures.
Investigations at Rome into the role of mosquito-bites in the spread of malaria
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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.
Annual report of the Agra Medical School for 1877-78
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pp 319-49. Report of the Medical school, providing details of pupils, examination results, the syllabus, and school behaviour. The report is preceeded by correspondence regarding school discipline and the suicide of a pupil.
Three reports upon the medical topography of the Nilgiri Hills submitted by Assistant Surgeon John Jones; Assistant Surgeon W Stoddart; and Assistant Surgeon Reginald Orton, including a table showing the boiling point of water at various altitudes throughout the Nilgiris; and a table comparing t...
Correspondence regarding certain preparations of cinchona febrifuge other than quinine which have been tried in India
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pp 3-4. Letter to the Governor General of India from the Secretary of State forwarding a letter by C R Markham regarding the cinchona bark grown at Darjeeling, commenting on the amorphous alkaloid of the red bark of Rungbi, and requesting that a quantity of Mr Wood's cinchona febrifuge be forward...