Sample of cinchona febrifuge manufactured by the Government Chemist in Jamaica
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pp 181-85. Dispatch from the Secretary of State forwarding a letter by Sir W T Thiselton-Dyer [written on behalf of Sir Joseph Hooker] regarding a febrifuge prepared in Jamaica from red cinchona bark grown in the colony; accompanying an analysis report by Dr B H Paul of the London Analytical Labo...
Proposed quarantine at Suez for all vessels arriving from India
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pp 315-19. Secretary of State forwards copy telegrams regarding the Egyptian Board of Health proposals to impose quarantine restrictions at Suez on vessels arriving from India without a clean bill of health, because of concerns arising from the famine in India. Received from Major-General Edward ...
Alleged cure for dysentery discovered by Mr George A White
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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.
Dr Beatson's mangement of the Nagpur Lunatic Asylum
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Correspondence regarding the operation of the asylum under the superintendence of Surgeon Major W B Beatson, primarily focusing on the pregnancy of a patient. The correspondence provides detail about the day to day running of the asylum.
Comment on the Lahore Medical School entrance criteria and syllabus
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Letter from the Government of India to the Government of the Punjab, regarding the level of English required to attend to the medical school, and the possibility of focusing on practical medicine.