pp 285-90. Communication from the Chief Commissioner of Assam, requesting a sanction for the introduction of a scheme to sell Government quinine through the Post Office, with orders thereon.
pp 1713-18. Letters received from various medical institutions throughout the Punjab regarding quinine supplies, prices and the efficacy of quinine, forwarded to the Government of India by the Government of the Punjab; plus request that quinine be purchasable from the open market in addition to p...
pp 187-89. Despatch from the Secretary of State, forwarding an account of a Dr Glagner, Government Town Physician of Samarung, who claims to have successfully treated beri-beri with quinine.
Inadequacy of the existing stock of quinine maintained in India
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pp 413-19. Correspondence regarding quinine production at plantations and factories across India, the supply of pink and white quinine, and methods to increase circulation.
Prohibition of the importation of pink quinine into British India
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pp 1079-80. Correspondence between the Director General of Stores and Messrs. Howards & Sons, Ltd., regarding the importation of pink quinine to India. Statement from the Department of Commerce and Industry, prohibiting the bringing by sea or by land into British India of quinine which has be...
Correspondence regarding the proposed trials of quinetum and cinchonidine, with opinion of G Smith, Surgeon General, Indian Medical Department, regarding the substitution of sulphate of cinchonidine for sulphate of quinine.
Supply of quinine to the poorer classes of the population
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pp 1225-79. Correspondence regarding the supply and distribution of quinine to the poorer classes of the population throughout India and Burma, including discussion of distribution via the Post Office, of colouring official quinine packets pink to prevent fraud, and methods to establish more cost...