Reporting on the investigation into sleeping sickness in Uganda
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pp 185-87. Letter from M Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society, to the Superintendent of African Protectorates, Foreign Office, summarising the report of the Sleeping Sickness Commission, and requesting assistance from members of the Indian Medical Service or Royal Army Medical Corps.
Sale of quinine to the public in the Madras Presidency
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pp 811-16. Communication from the Madras Government regarding the recommended doses of Government-issued quinine, plus the practice of colouring the quinine to prevent fraud.
Revised form of medical history sheet to accompany criminal lunatics
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pp 1279-87. Comments of the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Burma, on the proposed revisions, and the questions to be answered solely by the police and solely by medical officers.
Proposed establishment of a School of Tropical Medicine in Bombay
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pp 345-47. Letter from the Government of Bombay to the Government of India, proposing the establishment of a School of Tropical Medicine to complement the existing medical institutions, and to extend the possibilities for post-graduate study.
Constitution of a Women's Medical Service in India
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pp 1253-70. Appendices to the Rules for the Women's Medical Service in India, covering travelling allowance rules, leave rules and provident fund rules; plus correspondence thereon.
pp 67-69. Secretary of State for India forwards three letters from Captain F Warren, Royal Navy, proposing a scheme for the manufacture and transport of ice in India, and discussing his alleged arrangements with the Government of Spain. Plus memorandum thereon by the Army Sanitary Commission.
pp 479-80. Extract of Army Sanitary Commission memorandum regarding the medical history of the Bombay Native Army for 1876, with a focus on sanitation and local prison conditions.
pp 95-129. Government of India forwards to the Secretary of State dispatches received from the Government of Bengal regarding the proposed appointment of a Muslim Pilgrim Agent to whom pilgrims could apply for information and assistance, or the establishment of a pilgrim relief fund; plus dispat...
pp 283-377. Despatch from the Government of India to the Secretary of State regarding the proposed legislation against vivisection, enclosing correspondence and reports received in relation to the debate, with arguments for and against vivisection.