Alphabetical list of drugs, medicines and other preparations free from, and containing, spirit compiled from the results of tests made by the customs houses at Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras
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List of medicines or preparations and their manufacturers. Gives percentages of proof spirit. Includes llist of liquid preparations of the British Pharmacopoeia.
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Medicine - Drugs
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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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India Papers
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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.