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1. IOR/L/E/5/70 no 66

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/E/5/70 no 66
Title:
Cinchona febrifuge
Scope & Content:
Report by Dr J E de Vrij, The Hague, on the Bengal cinchona febrifuge [remedy against fever], in letters dated 6 April and 6 September 1878 and 11 January 1879. Explains chemical composition of the febrifuge; discusses a component believed to have toxic effects; recommends that quinine and febri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-79
Extent:
6pp

2. IOR/L/E/5/70 no 69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/E/5/70 no 69
Title:
Cinchona and Joseph Hooker
Scope & Content:
Letter from W T Thiselton Dyer, Assistant Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to Secretary of State for India, 9 August 1882, on behalf of Sir Joseph Hooker, Director, disputing the supposed toxicity of cinchona febrifuge manufactured in Sikkim, and proposing steps to improve the manufacture of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1882
Extent:
15pp

3. IOR/L/PJ/3/1090 No.63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1090 No.63
Title:
1488: Correspondence regarding the discovery of the presence of febrifuge properties in an infusion of the leaves of Cinchona Succirubra
Scope & Content:
Specimens of tincture made from cinchona leaves chemically tested, T Anderson 1863. The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.34 of 1863, dated 11 June 1863.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1863-Jun 1863
Extent:
1 file

4. IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 32
Title:
Chinchona: analyses of samples
Scope & Content:
Preliminary report by J Broughton, Government Quinologist, on his examination of the various products of the Government Chinchona Plantation. Supports the value of the mossing process introduced by William McIvor. 12 Apr 1867. Report by J E Howard, FLS, to Secretary of State for India, on the ch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 file

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