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NOTES
ON THE
PROPAGATION AND CULTIVATION
OF THE
MEDICINAL CINCHONAS,
OR
PERUVIAN BARK TREE.
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| India Papers > Medicine - Drugs > Notes on the propagation and cultivation of the medicinal cinchonas, or Peruvian bark trees > Front matter > (1) Front cover |
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| Description | Covers cinchona cultivation and bark harvesting. Includes 9 plates of 1867 black and white lithographs. Medicinally active bark contains a variety of alkaloids, one of which is quinine. This was commonly used to treat malaria. |
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| Shelfmark | IP/25/BC.2 |
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| Description | The Drugs collection consists of 9 volumes from British India, dating from 1867 to 1903. Extensive research on hemp and opium usage, cultivation of cinchona trees and reports from Nilgiris plantation. Includes medicinal plants. Chloroform anaesthesia research described plus clinical trials and debates on its safety. |
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| Description | The India Papers collection contains publications of the central (Imperial) Government and many Indian states. Most states came under British rule. Much of the collection dates from between the post-Mutiny re-organisation of the Indian Government and Indian Independence in 1947. Some items published in London by John Murray. |
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| Shelfmark | India Papers |
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