Arrangements for conducting experiments with Röntgen x-ray apparatus
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pp 183-84. Correspondence concerning the deputation of Captain A E Walter to consult with leading x-ray apparatus manufacturers in order to develop a specification for apparatus suitable for use in a hot climate and on field service.
pp 545-622. Circular issued by the Mission to Lepers in India and the East, requesting information in support of their forthcoming paper "The Progess of Measures for the Suppression of Leprosy in British India since September 1897", to be read at the International Dermatological Congress, Berlin;...
Disposal of cinchonidine manufactured at the Government factory at Mungpoo
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pp 363-65. Revenue and Agricultural Department endorse plan to sell cinchonidine to the public. Includes summary history of cinchona alkaloid production in India, and a description of the cinchonidine production process.
Precautions against the introduction of sleeping sickness into India
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pp 319-20. Despatch by R U Moffat, Principal Medical Officer for the East Africa Protectorate, regarding investigations into sleeping sickness etiology and transmission, the difficulties in making early diagnoses, and the question as to whether routine examination of travellers would be effective...
Reporting on the investigation into sleeping sickness in Uganda
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pp 185-87. Letter from M Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society, to the Superintendent of African Protectorates, Foreign Office, summarising the report of the Sleeping Sickness Commission, and requesting assistance from members of the Indian Medical Service or Royal Army Medical Corps.
Sale of quinine to the public in the Madras Presidency
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pp 811-16. Communication from the Madras Government regarding the recommended doses of Government-issued quinine, plus the practice of colouring the quinine to prevent fraud.
Arrangements for a Pasteur Institute in Southern India
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p 353. Communication from the Government of Madras, accepting the recommendations of the Government of India as to the location of the institute at a hill station, and informing the Government that sites at Ootacamund and Coonoor are under consideration.
Collection of data regarding the prevalence of cancer among the different peoples in India, and question regarding the transmission of specimens of cancer growth to the United Kingdom
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pp 455-63. Revenue and Statistics Department forward for the information of the Government of India correspondence regarding the work of the Cancer Research Fund at Victoria Embankment, requesting that data regarding rates of cancer amongst the crown colonies and self-governing colonies be collec...