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Result of the trial given to the drug La Calaya in the Medical College at Calcutta
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pp 45-57. Report from E G Russell, Professor of Materia Medica at the Medical College, enclosing five charts showing temperature during treatment with La Calaya in five cases.
Report by Major R W S Lyons of his deputation to the Pasteur Institute at Lille
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pp 1137-57. Illustrated report, describing the methods employed in collecting snake venom; preparing dried venom; determining the dosage in venom solutions; measuring the toxicity of venom; vaccinating horses against venom; preparing anti-venom serum; plus details of twelve experiments conducted ...
Proposed establishment in the Madras Presidency of an institution for the treatment of hydrophobia, similar to the Pasteur Institute of India, Kasuali
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pp 519-32. Correspondence regarding the gift of Henry Phipps, intended to finance the establishment of a Pasteur Institute in Southern India; the selection of a suitable site; and the management of the institute. Includes a copy of the memorandum on the proposed Kasauli institute, for reference.
Reports on the experiments made with Professor Flexnor's anti-dysenteric sera in the Medical College Hospital, Calcutta, and in the Jamsetjee JeeJeebhoy Hospital, Bombay
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pp 501-10. Reports on the trials of the Shiga, Haris and Shiga-Kruse-Harris anti-dysentery serums, supplied by Professor Flexnor.
Annual Sanitary Report of the Central Provinces for the year 1869
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pp 129-406. Copy report, including a narrative of the cholera epidemic of that year; plus comments by the Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces. The report is divided into two Sections: I. Climate. II. Vital statistics, including Summary of the History of the Cholera Epidemic of...