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Outbreaks of cholera in the towns of Rangoon, Moulmein, Prome and Akyab
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pp 519-22. Communication regarding cholera outbreaks and sanitation sent by H R Oswald, Deputy Surgeon General, British Burma, to the Sanitary Commissioner with Burma; plus comments thereon by the Government of India.
Sample of cinchona febrifuge manufactured by the Government Chemist in Jamaica
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pp 181-85. Dispatch from the Secretary of State forwarding a letter by Sir W T Thiselton-Dyer [written on behalf of Sir Joseph Hooker] regarding a febrifuge prepared in Jamaica from red cinchona bark grown in the colony; accompanying an analysis report by Dr B H Paul of the London Analytical Labo...
Proposed formation of a Provincial Medical Service of Surgeons for India
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pp 1569-71. Letter from Dr J R Wallace, Secretary to the Indian Medical Association, proposing that the Indian Medical Service be divided into an Imperial and Provincial Service, and that the Royal Army Medical Corps be withdrawn from India. With reply from the Government of India.
Management and financial arrangements for the Pasteur Institute of Southern India, Coonoor
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pp 997-1022. Correspondence between the Government of Madras and the Government of India regarding financial support for the Institute; plus copy Rules of the Pasteur Institute of Southern India; and memorandum for the information of patients proceeding to the Institute for anti-rabic treatment.