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Review of the Reports on Lunatic Asylums in India for the year 1894
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pp 685-720. Resolutions and correspondence regarding the annual reports on Lunatic Asylums in Madras, Bombay, Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, the Central Provinces, Burma, and the Punjab; plus report of the Surgeon-General with the Government of India.
Remarks on the Reports of the Lunatic Asylums in India for the year 1895
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pp 689-727. Resolutions and correspondence accompanying the annual reports on Lunatic Asylums in Madras, Bombay, Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, the Punjab, the Central Provinces, Burma and Assam, forwarded to the Government of India. Plus note by the Director General, Indian Medica...
Dr Mueller's method of treating snake-bite by injection of strychnine: response to criticism
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pp 535-36. Secretary of State for India forwards a letter from Dr A Mueller, criticising the reports submitted by members of the Indian Medical Service on the trial of his strychnine treatment, claiming that results obtained on animals and humans cannot be conflated.
Preservative medicine (common salt) to be used in packing viscera in certain cases
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pp 337-47. Memorandum on the use of a saturated solution of common salt as a preservative for viscera sent for chemical examination, by Assistant Surgeon Chuni Lal Bose, Additional Chemical Examiner to the Government of Bengal; plus related correspondence and orders thereon from the Government of...
Investigations at Rome into the role of mosquito-bites in the spread of malaria
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pp 59-65. Letters from T Edmondston Charles regarding work on malaria and mosquitoes conducted in Italy by Professors Bignami and Grassi, recommending that Ronald Ross send research reports and mosquito samples to Italy.
Measures taken to prevent the importation of the "Jigger" [Tunga] pest into India
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pp 1215-48. Correspondence, including circular instructions issued by the Government of India, plus copy resolution Report on the Prevalence of Chiggers in Mombassa, East Africa.
Organisation by private enterprise of agencies for the destruction of mosquitoes in India
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pp 1645-55. Government of India circulates copies of letters received from Ronald Ross regarding proposed 'mosquito brigades' for India, plus copy letter from C W Daniels of the London School of Tropical Medicine, reporting on the anti-mosquito work conducted in Sierra Leone.
Remarks on the Triennial Reports on the Lunatic Asylums for the years 1903-1905
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pp 789-832. Resolutions and remarks of the Presidency and Provincial Governments on the triennial reports on lunatic asylums within their jurisdictions; plus copy of the triennial reports for Madras asylums.