Report on the efficacy of the cinchona febrifuge manufactured at Rungbee
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pp 81-87. Compiled reports on the efficacy of the cinchona febrifuge manufactured at Rungbee in the Sikkim cinchona plantations, including statements comparing its effects on European and Native patients, and comments on the trial with the mixed alkaloids (quinine, cinchonine and cinchonidine).
Report on the cinchona plantation at Than-doung-gyee for the year 1879-80
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pp 195-204. Contains: Annual report by B Ribbentrop, Conservator of Forests, Pegu Circle, on the Than-doung-gyee plantation, July 1880 Memorandum by D Brandis, Inspector General of Forests, on cinchona planting on the hills east of Toungoo, 20 September 1880 Correspondence between the Government...
Annual report of the Government Cinchona Plantation in British Sikkim and of the Government Quinologist for the year 1879-80
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Containing: Eighteenth Annual Report and Returns of the Government Cinchona Plantations in British Sikkim by Surgeon Major George King; Report of the Quinologist for 1879-80; Resolution of the Lieutenant-Governor regarding the above.
Comment on the reports of the Government Cinchona Plantation in British Sikkim and of the Government Quinologist for 1879-80
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p 443. Letter from the Secretary of State for India to the Governor General regarding Dr King's recommendations following his visit to Java, the proposal to encourage private enterprise in cinchona cultivation in new localities, and his preference for Government to extend current plantations rath...
Reports of medical officers on the suitability of the cinchona febrifuge and cinchona alkaloids, and on the value of sulphate of quinetum and hydrochlorate of quinetum as a febrifuge
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pp 375-436. Reports contain detailed case studies for named patients, alongside tabulated data and Surgeon's comments on the various treatments.
Dr George King's report on the Java Cinchona Plantation
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pp 9-16. Report of George King, Superintendent of the Botanical Garden, Calcutta, on his visit to inspect Dutch cinchona plantations in Java, and investigations into the cultivation of cinchona calisaya; letter from the Government of India to the Government of Bengal, regarding guidance for the I...
Report on the treatment of leprosy at Belgaum from Jul 1876 to Nov 1878
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pp 271-79. Report by Surgeon C T Peters, P W O Grenadiers, on the treatment of lepers under his care in Belgaum, including an extract from Dr Carter's paper on leprosy. The report contains details of the extent of leprosy in the district, Peters' treatment regimen, and details of individual cases.
Use of calisaya bark from Sikkim, and the manufacture of alkaloids from the succirubra bark
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Letter from Fort William to the Secretary of State to India regarding the use of calisaya bark from Sikkim and the experiments with mixed alkaloids conducted by C H Wood, Government Quinologist. Enclosing a letter from Dr George King to the Government of Bengal regarding the same.
Manufacture in England of Quinine from bark sent from the Government Cinchona Plantations on the Nilgiris
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Despatch regarding the manufacture in England of products using cinchona bark from India: Cinchonidine, Quinidine, Cinchona alkaloid, Liquor of amorphous sulphate, Quinetum alkaloids, soluble tartrates and Quinoidine. Two reports are enclosed: F C D, Utilization of Government Cinchona Bark from ...