Cure for snake-bite in use among the Chinese population of the Strait Settlements
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Communication from Dr N B Dennys, Magistrate and Commissioner of Singapore, bringing to notice a cure for venomous snake-bites, consisting of nicotine and arrack; with orders thereon.
Preservative medicine (common salt) to be used in packing viscera in certain cases
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pp 337-47. Memorandum on the use of a saturated solution of common salt as a preservative for viscera sent for chemical examination, by Assistant Surgeon Chuni Lal Bose, Additional Chemical Examiner to the Government of Bengal; plus related correspondence and orders thereon from the Government of...
Measures taken to prevent the importation of the "Jigger" [Tunga] pest into India
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pp 1215-48. Correspondence, including circular instructions issued by the Government of India, plus copy resolution Report on the Prevalence of Chiggers in Mombassa, East Africa.
Measures for rendering the practice of inoculation more extensive
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Report of the Madras Medical Board regarding the successes in inoculating European and Native troops. The Board advise that inoculation be spread throughout the local population, and recommend appointing a Surgeon to oversee the various districts in Madras, and that local Brahmin inoculators be e...
Correspondence regarding the arrangements for vaccination in military cantonments
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Includes abstracts of replies to the Quarter Master General's circular regarding the arrangements for vaccination of non-military persons, European and Native, residing in the cantonments, plus a list of Sanitary Commissioner J M Cunningham's general principles for vaccination arrangements.
Effects of artificial respiration on animals subjected to snake-poisoning
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Despatch from the Secretary of State forwarding a letter by Dr J Fayrer, regarding the work of the Committee on the effects of artificial respiration, and recommending ways in which mortality from snake-bite might be reduced.