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Inspection of the sanitary condition of villages in the neighbourhood of Cantonments in Bengal
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pp 643-48. Remarks on the proposed inspection regime made by J M Coates, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of Bengal; plus comments thereon by the Government of India.
Correspondence and reports regarding certain preparations of cinchona febrifuge other than quinine which have been tried in India
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pp 13-347. Memo from J F Beatson, Surgeon General Indian Medical Department to the Home Department, Government of India, enclosing reports received from Army and Indian Medical Department officers throughout the Bengal Presidency on experiments with mixed cinchona alkaloids - cinchonidine and th...
Plans for the cold weather tour of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Central Provinces
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pp 739-41. Correspondence between the Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces, and the Government of India, regarding the forthcoming tour. Also discusses the findings of Surgeon Major Townsend's investigation into the 1875-1876 cholera epidemic.
Report on the treatment of leprosy at Belgaum from Jul 1876 to Nov 1878
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pp 271-79. Report by Surgeon C T Peters, P W O Grenadiers, on the treatment of lepers under his care in Belgaum, including an extract from Dr Carter's paper on leprosy. The report contains details of the extent of leprosy in the district, Peters' treatment regimen, and details of individual cases.
Report on the Government Cinchona Plantation and Factory in Bengal for the year 1885-86
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pp 325-34. Report by Surgeon-Major George King, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and of Cinchona Cultivation in Bengal; with Resolution of the Secretary to the Government of Bengal, thereon.
Female medical education in Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, and the Punjab
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pp 641-50. Correspondence regarding the need to increase the supply of trained Indian women doctors and nurses; plus Resolution of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, ordering that a vernacular class for female students be established in the Campbell Medical School.
Sanitary improvements to be made at Simla on the return of the Government of India and the Public Offices in 1877
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pp 733-34. Resolution of the Public Works Department regarding the construction of a new Viceregal residence, improved sanitation, and the possible acquisition of the Peterhoff Estate.
Trial in the Mayo Hospital in Calcutta of the medicine suggested by Dr Robert L Bowles as a specific for cholera
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Correspondence regarding a recent Mayo Hosptial trial of acidum sulphurosum as a treatment for cholera, proposed by Dr Robert L Bowles. The practice of fumigation as a prophylactic measure is discussed.