Syphilitic Diseases of the Eye *Being a paper read at a meeting of the Calcutta Branch of the British Medical Association on 17th July, 1931.

Observations on Prolapse of the Uterus and Its Management in India *Paper read at the clinical meeting of the British Medical Association (Calcutta Branch) on 17th April, 1936.

The Use of Forceps in England, Two Hundred Years Ago *Being a paper read at the July 1931 meeting of the Calcutta branch of the British Medical Association.

It appears from two books published in London during the first half of the 18th century and containing records of obstetric cases in the practice of two obstetricians, Giffard and Chapman, between the years 1710 or earlier and 1735, that the use of forceps was well known at that time. From the details recorded, it is also possible to find the conditions under which forceps had been used and wit...

Group-Specific Substances in the Human Body *This paper was read at a meeting of the Calcutta Branch of the British Medical Association on 13th November, 1931.

Imperial Serologist. Though new information is constantly being brought to light, the main facts regarding the human blood groups are now fairly clearly defined.. We know that there are four main groups with possibly some subgroups, that these special blood characters are inherited according to the Mendelian law, almost certainly according to the formula of Bernstein which postulates three fact...

The Laboratory Diagnosis of Malaria *Being an address delivered to the Calcutta Branch of the British Medical Association on Friday, the 13th February, 1931.

When the Secretary asked me to prepare something for this meeting, I offered him the choice between a paper on the historical aspects of the treatment of malaria, and a clinical demonstration on laboratory methods in the diagnosis of malaria. He chose the latter. The subject may seem a most elementary one, but almost every day of the week I receive letters from all over India asking for informa...

The Anæmia of Pregnancy *Being a paper read before the Calcutta branch of the British Medical Association on 12th December, 1931.

Amongst recent papers on the aetiology oi this obscure disease, one may mention those of McSwiney (1927), of Balfour (1927, 1929), the work of Wills and Mehta (1930) and of Wills (1931)?largely relating to dietaries, and of Maitra (1931). This anaemia occurs in Bengal as a distinct disease associated with pregnancy. The usual causes of tropical anaemia are ancylostomiasis and other helminthic i...