Official report on the medical topography and climate of Calcutta : with brief notices of its prevalent diseases, endemic and epidemic / by James Ranald Martin.

Date:
1839
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Credit: Official report on the medical topography and climate of Calcutta : with brief notices of its prevalent diseases, endemic and epidemic / by James Ranald Martin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Page Morals, 67 Influence of the Hindu Superstition and Morals on Health, 70 Employments, Customs and Amusements, 76 Diet—Clothing—Bedding—Fuel, 80 Popular Medicine and Surgery—Empirics, 84 Institutions for the Education of the Natives, 86 Committee of Public Instruction, 87 Hindoo College, 88 The Schools of the Scottish Mission, ... 93 Bishop’s College, 95 The New Medical College, 96 Madrissa or Government Mahomedan College, 103 Police—General and Medical, 104 Roads and Communications, 106 Medieai and Statistical Details, Medical Climate, 108 Influence of the High Temperature of our Hot Season, 108 Influence of a High Temperature with Moisture. The Rainy Season, 114 The Cold Weather and its Effects, 118 Prevention of Disease, 122 Public Baths—Warm and Cold Bathing, 127 On the Effects of Change of Locality on Sick and Convalescent, 129 On the Choice of Localities for the Sick of Calcutta, 132 On the Selection and Improvement of Localities for the European Troops, 139 Habits of the European Soldiery, and their Influence on Health 149 On the Term of efficient Service in India, 157 On the Mortality and Physical Management of European Children in Calcutta, 159 On the Mortality of the Native and Foreign Races, 163 Epidemic Diseases, 187 Cholera, 188 Epidemic Fever of 1824, 196 Epidemic Bronchitis of Infants in 1828, 198 Epidemic Gastric Remittent Fever of 1833, ib. The Choleric Fever of 1834, 201 Endemic Diseases—Intermittent Fever, 203 Treatment, 205 Cursory Remarks on the Remittent Fevers of Europeans, as connected with the Topography, and with their Prevalent Treatment, 212 Cursory Remarks on the Acute Dysentery of Europeans, 224 On the Suppurative Inflammation of the Liver, 232 On the Treatment of the Chronic Liver Enlargement, 236 Neuralgic Affections—the Tie Douloureux, 245 Note on Garden Reach—Appendix No. 1, 249