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Dr Mueller's method of treating snake-bite by injections of strychnine
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pp 59-66. Correspondence regarding trials of Dr Mueller's method for treating snake-bite, including detailed reports received from Surgeons, and case histories for named patients; and a letter from Surgeon-Lieutenant Robert Henry Elliot, requesting that further experiments into the use of strychn...
Remarks on the Reports by the Commissioners of the Patna, Cooch Behar, Chota and Nagpore Divisions on the working of the Cantonment Lock Hospitals for the year 1874
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pp 453-58. Resolution of the Government of Bengal, plus comments of the Government of India.
Remarks of the Army Sanitary Commission on the Report of the Sanitary Commissioner of the North-Western Provinces for 1869
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pp 255-56. Commenting in particular on the high mortality rate from malaria cholera and dysentery, and their relation to the sanitary and irrigation works carried out.
Opinion of the Government of Bengal on the causes of the epidemic fever at Bardwan [Burdwan] and Hugli [Hooghly]
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p 343. Government states its disagreement with the conclusions drawn by the Army Sanitary Commission, arguing that a complete examination of the levels and drainage system should be carried out in order to ascertain the cause(s) of the fever.
Reports on the working of Lock Hospitals at Fyzabad, Sitapur and Lucknow City and Cantonment for the year 1876
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pp 917-65. Annual reports on the working of the above Lock Hospitals, plus comments from the Cantonment and Divisional Officials, and the Surgeon-Generals of Oudh and Calcutta. The reports are rich in statistics.
A specific for diarrhoea, dysentery, spasmodic pains of the bowels, and asiatic cholera; and the use of coal or carbon as articles of animal nutrition
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pp 1421-27. Letters from Professor H W Adams of Philidelphia: (1) Provides details of a specific for the cure of diarrhoea, dysentery, spasmodic pains of the bowels and asiatic cholera, with instructions for treatment. (2) Describes his experiments with using coal and carbon as a source of fo...