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...
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...
1488: Correspondence regarding the discovery of the presence of febrifuge properties in an infusion of the leaves of Cinchona Succirubra
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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.
3003: Report of the Proceedings of the Committee appointed to examine the properties of the Chinchona [cinchona] Alkaloids, and a communication from the Government of India, Home Department, to the Inspector General of Hospitals, Lower Provinces, on the subject
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The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.190 of 1868, dated 31 December 1868
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...
Correspondence and reports showing the results of trials with the mixed cinchona alkaloid manufactured by the Government Quinologist, C H Wood, at Rungbee. Includes details of the cinchona preparation, and detailed case study notes for named patients.
Correspondence and reports regarding certain preparations of cinchona febrifuge other than quinine which have been tried in India
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pp 13-347. Memo from J F Beatson, Surgeon General Indian Medical Department to the Home Department, Government of India, enclosing reports received from Army and Indian Medical Department officers throughout the Bengal Presidency on experiments with mixed cinchona alkaloids - cinchonidine and th...