Prevalence of Jigger-flea [Tunga] in Africa, and suggestions for the treatment of, and precautions against, this pest
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pp 261-73. Despatch from the Secretary of State, forwarding reports received from Mozambique, the Somali Coast Protectorate, Beira, and Zanzibar regarding the Jigger-flea [Tunga or pulex penetrans].
Proposal to prepare a list of medical practitioners residing in Bengal who are possessed of genuine medical qualifications in the European system of medicine
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pp 71-87. Government of Bengal forward details of the proposal, plus a sample list of names.
Remarks on the Lunatic Asylums Reports for the year 1898; discussion of the confinement of patients in solitary cells in the asylum at Agra
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pp 187-237. Remarks and resolutions of the various Presidency and Provincial Governments on the annual reports for asylums within their jurisdiction; plus note by the Director General, Indian Medical Service, on the working of Indian asylums for the year 1898.
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.
Letter by Surgeon-General C R Francis, Indian Army (Retired), on the effectiveness of quinine, either swallowed or introduced hypodermically, in the treatment of insolation or sunstroke. With note by Sir J Fayrer.
Reports on the Cinchona Plantations in the Nilgiri Hills, and American India-rubber plants at Nilambur
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pp 119-36. Despatch from the Government of Madras, enclosing proceedings regarding the work of Robert Cross. Includes: Report by Robert Cross on the Dodabetta Plantation, and the cultivation of the Crown Condaminea or Loxa bark, and the Pitayo bark; and reports on the Naduvatam and Pykara Hook...
Proposal to establish a manufactory in the Nilgiris for the preparation of quinine by private enterprise
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p 347. Despatch from the Secretary of State to the Government of Madras regarding the proposal, advising that no further delay should occur and stipulating concession terms.
Results of the trial fo the Buisson Bath treatment for rabies at Allahabad, Ferozepore and Sialkote
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pp 969-70. Fleet Paymaster F E Pirkis [who originally recommended the treatment to the Government of India] comments on the results of the treatment trials.