Special investigation into the nature and causation of the Burdwan and Houghly fevers
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Correspondence regarding the proposal by the Government of Bengal to institute an investigation into the Burdwan and Houghly fevers. Plus resolution of the Governor General in Council, deputising Surgeon David Wilkie to the investigation and ordering that he work in communication with Drs Lewis a...
Correspondence regarding the arrangements for vaccination in military cantonments
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Includes abstracts of replies to the Quarter Master General's circular regarding the arrangements for vaccination of non-military persons, European and Native, residing in the cantonments, plus a list of Sanitary Commissioner J M Cunningham's general principles for vaccination arrangements.
Effects of artificial respiration on animals subjected to snake-poisoning
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Despatch from the Secretary of State forwarding a letter by Dr J Fayrer, regarding the work of the Committee on the effects of artificial respiration, and recommending ways in which mortality from snake-bite might be reduced.
Comment on the Report on the working of Charitable Dispensaries in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts for 1872
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Letter from the 2nd Assistant-Resident at Hyderabad, to the Government of India, discussing the gratis distribution of medicines to those able to pay; the use of dispenary medicines by Doctors for their own private practice; and the increased mortality from epidemic cholera.
Further reports on the endemic skin diseases of India
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Communication from the Deputy Surgeon-General, Presidency Circle, Bengal, to the Government of India, forwarding four reports on skin disease in response to the circular by Drs Tilbury Fox and Farquhar.
Treatment of snake-bite by means of the injection of ammonia
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Report by A H Hilson, Civil Surgeon at Moradabad, reporting on his experience of injecting ammonia to treat snake-bite, as recommended by Prodfessor Halford. Hilson comments on Dr Fayrer's method of using artificial respiration in cases of cobra bite.