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on Spirillum Fever in Bombay, refers to cases which he saw in 1878, but it is to LieutenantColonel H. P. Dimmock, I.M.S., that the honour belongs of first thoroughly recognising and fully describing the disease, in his report on cases which he had seen in the Shikarpur Jail in the cold weather of 1883-84. In 1886 the great fatality of a disease then called " Remittent Fever" in the Central Jail...

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The Report of the Government Maternity Hospital, Madras, is always one of interest. Doubtless equally good work is done in other and similar large institutions in the other presidency towns, but as their reports do not see the light it is difficult to compare their work. There were 1,989 obstetric cases dealt with in the Madras Hospital, and of 1901, deliveries in hospital 1,342 are classed as ...

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nounce the retirement from the service of Lieutenant-Colonel John Mai bland, m.d., of the Madras Medical Service. He entered the service in March 1876, and spent most of his service in civil employ, Madras. He was for many years Professor of Surgery in the Madras Medical College, more recently he was made Principal of the Medical College. For many years past he has taken a keen interest in the ...

Editorial Notes on Current Topics

Editorial Notes on Current Topics

We have much pleasure in announcing that the lis. 100 prize offered by Messrs. Thacker, ?Spink & Co., for the best essay on 'How Plague is spread,' has been awarded to Major S. Browning Smith, I.M.S., Plague Medical Officer, Punjab, for his paper on 'The Spread of Plague' which appeared in our July number. We have to thank Colonel Lukis, Principal of the Medical College, Calcutta, for kindly ju...