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

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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

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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

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