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Report on the treatment of snake-bite with Sir Lauder Brunton's lancets and permanganate of potash
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pp 275-76. Report received from Lieutenant-Colonel W B Bannerman, Director, Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory, reporting his findings of treating snake-bite in dogs with permangonate of potash, both locally and intravenously. Bannerman believes the latter treatment to be highly dangerous, and rec...
Sketch map of area affected by plague in Turkish Arabia
Scope & Content:
This map is part of IOR/P/437/71. It portrays the site of an outbreak of plague in central Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], focused on several settlements south-east of Kerbela [Karbala]. The route that Doctor William Henry Colvill took through the area while investigating the outbreak is shown ...
Comments on the recommendations made by the Army Sanitary Commission for the trial of certain experiments connected with cholera
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pp 569-71. Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal explains his position on the recommendations, and the reasons why he does not think the experiments will be feasible or successful. Also discusses the sanitary condition of Bengal.