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Outbreaks of scurvy on board ships sailing form the ports of Bassein and Rangoon
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p 923. Communications received from the Board of Trade and Secretary of State, expressing concerns that bad water obtained at ports is causing the disease.
Correspondence regarding the deportation of Insane Asylum patients from India to the United Kingdom
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pp 135-87. Includes copy of the Supplementary Instructions to Officers in the British Possessions Abroad plus appendices, including appendix (f), Scale of Medicines and Medical Stores issued and caused to be published by the Board of Trade in pursuace of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1867.
Report on the government cinchona plantations and factory in Bengal for the year 1887-1888
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pp 07-19. Report by J A Gammie Esq., Acting Superintendent of cinchona cultivation in Bengal, and Government Quinologist; plus resolution thereon by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
Reports showing the results of the experiments made with the Vagus treatment of cholera
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pp 265-86. Despatch to the Secretary of State, forwarding replies from Local Governments and Administrations reporting the results of experiments made with the Vagus Treatment of Cholera [applying liquor lyttae], advocated by Dr A Harkin of Belfast. Includes details of the experiments and case st...
Report of the Hyderabad Chloroform Commission: discussion of legislation regarding cruelty to animals and experimentation
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pp 263-75. Despatch from the Secretary of State, regarding the reception of the report, plus correspondence regarding possible legal powers to enable the Government of India to impose conditions on conducting experiments with animals. Includes excerpts of the Cruelty to Animals Act (1876) and dra...