Proposal to issue a revised edition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia in England
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pp 213-340. Correspondence and reports regarding the compilation of a revised Indian Pharmacopoeia to be published in England. Discusses the ongoing suitability of Waring's Pharmacopoeia (1868) and Mohideen Sheriff's supplement (1869). Several reports received providing detailed lists of Indian...
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 ...
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.
Selection of a Government Quinologist, plus reports on the production of cinchona alkaloids
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pp 283-307. Correspondence and memoranda regarding the selection of a successor to C H Wood as Government Quinologist, and concerning: the production of the "triple" and cinchona febrifuges; the desirability of manufacturing pure alkaloids from succirubra bark, and the establishment of a small fa...
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...
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.
Charitable Dispensaries in Bengal for the year 1879
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pp 175-87. Resolution of the Lieutenant-Governor, Bengal, on the charitable dispensaries within Bengal Presidency, commentating on the annual report, plus correspondence regarding forms for recording financial information.
Report on the method of extracting quinine from cinchona bark as practised in the factory at Mungpoo
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Letters enclosing report by Dr George King, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, on the method of extracting quinine from cinchona bark, as practised in the factory at Mongpoo by Mr Gammie. King also requests that samples of the following cinchona products be supplied to him: C...
pp 77-78. Circulars forwarded to the Government of the NorthWestern Provinces and Oudh, and to Jail Superintendents: Circular of the Inspector General of Prisons regarding the use of am-chur, putva or roselle [hibiscus subdariffa] and kokum as antiscorbutics; Tabular statement by J B Lyons, Prof...