A manual of family medicine for India / by W.J. Moore.

Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A manual of family medicine for India / by W.J. Moore. 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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    PEEFACE. The following Notifications by the Government of India sufficiently show both the origin and plan of this ^rork—excepting as regards Chapter Y., on the Feed- ing and Management of Infants, which was added at the Author's suggestion. No. 440. Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India in the Department of Agriculture, Revenue, and Com- merce,—dated Simla, the Slst October, 1871. [GrENERAL.] Read— A Memorandum, dated the 23rd September, by the Officiating Inspector-General of Forests, asking for permission to print, for circulation to Forest Officers, a Manual of Directions for the use of common medicines, and the treatment of some of the most common diseases. Read also— A Memorandum, dated the 2nd October, on the above, by the Secretary in this Department, suggesting the advisability of compiling and printing for general use by Officers whose duties compel them to reside very frequently beyond the reach of medical aid, e. g., Officers in the Customs, Opium, Forests, Public Works, and other departments, a simple, brief, and concise Medical Vade Mecum.