Excerpt from The Calcutta Journal of Medicine, Vol. 25: A Monthly Record of the Medical and Auxiliary Sciences; July, 1905 The resolution sets out with the remark that the necessity for a scientific study of the causes and nature of the virulent diseases prevalent in this country has recently attracted the attention of the Govern meut of India, that various plans have been discussed from time to time, but that financial and other difficul ties have hitherto prevented the adoption of a complete scheme while there has lingered a doubt whether, in the peculiar circumstances of this country, it would be possible to make India self-supporting in medical and sanitary research. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.