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Reports on the working of the Contagious Diseases Act in Calcutta for 1872-73
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pp 85-116. Reports from the Surgeon General, the Commissioner of Police, and Superintendents of Lock Hospitals, rich in statistics. Plus correspondence thereon.
Reports on certain Lock Hospitals in the Lower Provinces of Bengal for 1875
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pp 407-39. Resolution of the Government of Bengal, plus correspondence, and the following: Proceedings of the Lock-Hospital Committee... 28th February 1876.Annual report on the Dinapore Lock-Hospital for the year 1875.Annual report of the Lock-Hospital, Dum-Dum, for the year 1875.Annual report ...
Report of the Health Officer of Calcutta for the second quarter of 1877
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pp 475-81. Report of Surgeon Major Arthur J Payne, Health Officer, Calcutta. Includes decennial statements of births and deaths for the second quarter of 1877.
Report on Mr J G P de Vasconcellos' alleged remedy for snake bites
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pp 93-95. Communication from the Government of Bengal enclosing a report of the experiments made by Surgeon Vincent Richards, Civil Medical Officer, Goalundo, on the supposed antidote to snake poison (Natalicea Paulicea) suggested by de Vasconcellos.
Report by Brigade-Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel D D Cunningham, President of the Committee for the Management of the Zoological Gardens, Calcutta, on experiments with alleged remedies for snake-bite conducted during the year 1894-95
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pp 529-49. Report containing details of the following: Experiments in regard to the action of the salts of strychnia Experiments on the action of solutions of chloride of lime Experiments on the action of gold chloride as a remedy in cases of poisoning by cobra venom Experiments on the action of...
Reports on experiments made with Dr Deycke's Nastine [Nastin] treatment for leprosy
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pp 1825-1930. Reports submitted to the Government of India, featuring detailed case studies and case histories for named patients, including: Report on experiments with Professor Deycke's Nastin B in the treatment of Leprosy by Captain T S B Williams, Residency Surgeon in the Persian Gulf Report...
Treatment of snake-bite with Sir Lauder Brunton's lancet and permanganate of potash
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pp 1103-41. Report received from W B Bannerman, providing details of 153 cases of snake-bite treated at the Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory with Lauder Brunton's lancet and potash. Contains case study information for named patients.
Amended forms for the registration of deaths prescribed for general adoption
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pp 87-95. W R Cornish, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of Madras, comments on the new forms prescribed by the Government of India, and submits an amended version of Register B.
Quarantine at Suez and proceedings of the Political Resident at Aden
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pp 49-50. Government of Bombay forward communication from the Political Resident at Aden regarding the information that the ports on the Arabian Coast of the Red Sea are considered by the Egyptian Government as infected, and that vessels arriving from such are subjected to ten days quarantine; al...