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Method of manufacturing cinchona febrifuge in the Madras Presidency and Lower Bengal
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pp 151-87. Extensive correspondence between the Governments of Madras and Bengal, the Government Cinchona Plantations at the Nilgiris, the Government Quinologist and Government Botanist, the Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, and Surgeons of the Army Medical Department and In...
Comparison between the cost of working the Madras and Bengal Cinchona Plantations
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pp 421-23. Communication from the Government of Madras, forwarding a copy letter by M A Lawson, Government Botanist and Director of the Government Cinchona Plantations, Nilgiris.
Proposal for the sale of quinine to the poorer classes in Bengal
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pp 379-84. Proposal from the Government of Bengal that quinine from the Government factory near Darjeeling be sold through public offices in the interior of the district, with orders thereon from the Government of India that the proposal be trialled, and that the post office should also undertake...
Appointment of temporary medical practitioners in England for plague duty in India
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pp 97-109. Note by the Director General of the Indian Medical Service, regarding the difficulties in obtaining medical practitioners for plague duty; plus copy telegrams from the various Presidencies and Provinces providing details of their respective plague establishments.
Remarks on the triennial reports on Lunatic Asylums for the years 1906-1908
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pp 1017-61. Resolutions and remarks of the Presidency and Provincial Governments on the triennial reports on Lunatic Asylums within their jurisdictions; plus copy full report on the Madras asylums.
Relative values of the medical degrees, diplomas and licences granted in India
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pp 65-71. Letters on the above subject from the Government of India and C P Lukis, Director-General of the Indian Medical Service, are forwarded to the Apothecaries' Hall of Ireland, who seek information in consequence of the number of would-be students with Indian medical qualifications.
Scheme for the formation of a Women's Indian Medical Service
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pp 131-37. Draft of a proposed Scheme of Women's Indian Medical Service, submitted by Mrs Mary Scharlieb, MD; Miss May Thorne, MD; Miss Annette Benson MD, First Physician to the Cama Hospital, Bombay; and Mrs Emma Slater, Honorary Secretary to the United Kingdom Branch of the Association of Medic...