Establishment of bacteriological laboratories in India
Scope & Content:
pp 743-85. Correspondece. Presidency and Provincial Government replies to Government of India proposals to establish a central research laboratory for the whole of India, plus provincial laboratories.
pp 687-91. Letters received from the Zomba Residency and British Central Africa Administration regarding the spread of the Jigger-flea [Tunga or pulex penetrans].
Treatment of hydrophobia [rabies] according to the Buisson Bath method
Scope & Content:
pp 439-42. Report on a case of rabies treated through the Buisson Bath method forwarded to the Government of India, plus testamonial comparing the Buisson method with Pasteur's treatment.
Inclusion of statistics relating to private medical institutions and jail, police and railway dispensaries in the annual returns of charitable hospitals and dispensaries
Scope & Content:
pp 807-44. Correspondence, with enclosed sample return forms.
Scheme for the administration of lunatic asylums in India, and the appointment of whole-time Superintendents to the charge of central asylums
Scope & Content:
pp 357-96. Correspondence between the Government of India and the Presidency and Provincial Governments, including details of the existing and proposed establishments.
Remarks on the Reports of the Chemical Examiners to Local Governments for the year 1899
Scope & Content:
pp 1091-1119. Remarks and resolutions of the Presidency and Provincial Governments on the reports of their Chemical Examiners for 1899, plus Report of the Madras Chemical Examiner.
Remarks on the Reports on Civil Hospitals and Dispensaries in India for the year 1898
Scope & Content:
pp 547-608. Remarks and resolutions by the Presidency and Provincial Governments regarding the civil hospitals and dispensaries within their jurisdiction, plus comparative note on the Indian medical institutions by the Director General, Indian Medical Service.
Captain Elliot's investigations into antidotes against snake poison
Scope & Content:
pp 457-75. Government of Madras forward a report by Captain R H Elliot, District Medical and Sanitary Officer, the Nilgiris. Provides details of Elliot's experiments with various snake venoms, the apparent protection afforded by bile, and the apparent immunity of the mongoose.