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Conduct of Dr De Renzy, Sanitary Commissioner with the Punjab, in publishing his Remarks on the Report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India on the Cholera Epidemic of 1872 in Northern India
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pp 61-78. Government of the Punjab forward copy statement by A C C De Renzy regarding the circumstances surrounding the publication of his pamphlet, discussing in detail the disagreement between himself and J M Cuningham over the aetiology of cholera, and enclosing copy articles from The Lancet,...
Use of the preparation called Leprolin for the treatment of leprosy; deputation of Captain Rost to the Kasauli Pasteur Institute to conduct further experiments on the leprosy bacillus
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pp 1871-85. Correspondence regarding Rost's discovery and its apparent use in the treatment of leprosy throughout India, including the following reports: Copy Third communication on the pathology and treatment of leprosy, being a paper read before the Burma Branch of the British Medical Associat...
Communications between A C C De Renzy and J M Cuningham regarding theories of cholera aetiology
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pp 37-47. Comprising: Communication [dated Sep 1871, Kingstown, Ireland] from Surgeon Major A De Renzy, former Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of the Punjab, in reply to remarks made by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, concerning the Punjab Annual San...
Reports and correspondence on the plague in Baghdad and other places in Turkish Arabia
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pp 09-45. Extensive collection of reports and correspondence forwarded to the Government of India regarding the plague outbreaks in Baghdad and Hillah, and efforts taken to prevent its spread through the Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia. Discussing shipping regulations; the efficacy of quarantin...
Allegations made by Mr Haffkine on one side and by Lieutenant-Colonel Bannerman and Captain Liston, IMS, on the other regarding their position in the Plague Research Laboratory, Bombay
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pp 23-157. Extensive correspondence between Waldemar Haffkine, W B Bannerman, G Liston, Captain E D W Greig, the Governments of India and Bombay, and the Surgeon-General with the Government of Bombay, regarding disagreements between Haffkine, Bannerman and Liston; their work at the Plague Researc...
