Three reports upon the medical topography of the Nilgiri Hills submitted by Assistant Surgeon John Jones; Assistant Surgeon W Stoddart; and Assistant Surgeon Reginald Orton, including a table showing the boiling point of water at various altitudes throughout the Nilgiris; and a table comparing t...
Letter regarding the medical topographies of the Nilgiri Hills
Scope & Content:
Letter from the General Department to the Medical Board, regarding the medico-topographical reports by Jones, Stoddart and Orton. The Governor in Council does not consider it necessary to establish a station in the Nilgiris for recovering European invalids.