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581. IOR/P/1337 Jan 1880 nos 24-26

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IOR/P/1337 Jan 1880 nos 24-26
Title:
Dr George King's report on the Java Cinchona Plantation
Scope & Content:
pp 9-16. Report of George King, Superintendent of the Botanical Garden, Calcutta, on his visit to inspect Dutch cinchona plantations in Java, and investigations into the cultivation of cinchona calisaya; letter from the Government of India to the Government of Bengal, regarding guidance for the I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1879-Jan 1880
Extent:
7 pages

582. IOR/P/5878 Jun 1900 nos 32-33

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IOR/P/5878 Jun 1900 nos 32-33
Title:
Scheme for the administration of lunatic asylums in India
Scope & Content:
pp 905-11. Correspondence regarding potential changes to the asylums at Madras, Vizagapatam and Calicut.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1900-Jun 1900
Extent:
7 pages

583. IOR/P/525 Jun 1875 nos 32-34

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IOR/P/525 Jun 1875 nos 32-34
Title:
Report on the working of the Contagious Diseases Act in Calcutta during the year 1874
Scope & Content:
pp 351-67. The Calcutta Commissioner of Police forwards copy Annual Report by the Superintendent of Lock Hospitals regarding the working of the Act in Calcutta. Plus resolution thereon by the Government of Bengal.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1875-Jun 1875
Extent:
16 pages

584. IOR/P/525 Oct 1875 nos 53-54

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IOR/P/525 Oct 1875 nos 53-54
Title:
Comments of the Sanitary Commissioner for the Punjab on the methods used for death registration
Scope & Content:
pp 587-88. Comments regarding vital statistics registration.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1875-Oct 1875
Extent:
2 pages

585. IOR/P/1002 Aug 1876 nos 44-45

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IOR/P/1002 Aug 1876 nos 44-45
Title:
Report on the working of the City Lock Hospital at Lucknow for the year 1875
Scope & Content:
pp 355-63. Correspondence plus report and statistics.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1876-Aug 1876
Extent:
9 pages

586. IOR/P/1005 Dec 1877 nos 10-12

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IOR/P/1005 Dec 1877 nos 10-12
Title:
Report on the physiological effects of the poisons of the Naja Trupudians and the Daboia Russellii
Scope & Content:
Report by Surgeon A J Wall, member of the Snake Commission, recounting in detail a snake-bite incident described in the Indian Medical Gazette (Oct 1873), and 39 experiments upon animals conducted to ascertain the effects of cobra and daboia poison upon the nervous sytem; respiration; circulatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1877-Dec 1877
Extent:
47 pages

587. IOR/P/1204 Sep 1878 nos 126-228

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IOR/P/1204 Sep 1878 nos 126-228
Title:
Reports on the experiments made with the Cinchona Febrifuge manufactured at Rungbee and the Quinetum Alkaloid and Quinetum Sulphate
Scope & Content:
pp 385-445. Correspondence regarding the work of Government Quinologist C H Wood, and the trials of his cinchona febrifuge, discussing the efficacy of the treatment when compared with other cinchona alkaloids, the economic rationale for production and distribution, production statistics, and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1877-Sep 1878
Extent:
61 pages

588. IOR/P/1663 Jan 1882 nos 41-43

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IOR/P/1663 Jan 1882 nos 41-43
Title:
Conduct of Surgeon Major C E W Bensley, and his compounding and sale of febrifuge
Scope & Content:
pp 7-15. Correspondence regarding the actions of Surgeon Major C E W Bensley, Civil Surgeon in the district of Nuddea. Bensley purchased cinchona alkaloid at wholesale price, established a compounding establishment, and sold his compound under his own name for a profit. The correspondence include...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1881-Jan 1882
Extent:
9 pages

589. IOR/P/2957 Jul 1887 nos 43-49

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IOR/P/2957 Jul 1887 nos 43-49
Title:
Proposal of the Government of Bengal for providing increased accommodation in the Bhowanipore Lunatic Asylum
Scope & Content:
pp 311-18. Includes orders thereon by the Government of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1887-Jul 1887
Extent:
7 pages

590. IOR/P/3194 Jul 1888 nos 110-22

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IOR/P/3194 Jul 1888 nos 110-22
Title:
Correspondence regarding the expediency of discontinuing the practice of arming the warders of the Tezpur Lunatic Asylum with batons
Scope & Content:
pp 395-98. Resolution of the Chief Commissioner of Assam on the Tezpur Asylum Report for 1887, commenting on incidents of violence and the use of batons by warders; with correspondence regarding baton use.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1888-Jul 1888
Extent:
4 pages