Catalogue description Cinchona-Institute, Amsterdam

This record is held by London University: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Details of GB 0809 Cinchona Institute
Reference: GB 0809 Cinchona Institute
Title: Cinchona-Institute, Amsterdam
Description:

Papers of Cinchona-Institute, 1896-1957, comprise publications and reprinted extracts largely from medical journals concerning quinine and the treatment of various diseases including malaria. Publications, 1896-1952, largely concern quinine and its medical uses and notably include Influenza Prophylaxis Chininum (Bureau tot bevordering van het kininegebruik, Amsterdam, 1933-1934) and The Therapeutics of Malaria (Bureau for increasing the use of quinine, Amsterdam, 1933). Extracts collected from various sources, 1948-1957, notably include 'Malaria in Nigeria' by Leonard J Bruce-Chwatt of Medical Service, Medical Department, Lagos-Yaba, Nigeria, 1951; 'Malaria and its control for planters and miners' by G Macdonald, The Ross Institute Industrial Advisory Committee, Bulletin No. 7 November 1952 (revised March 1953) and also include extracts from Indian Journal of Malariology, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and British Medical Journal.

Date: 1896-1957
Arrangement:

Arranged in original order

Held by: London University: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Not Public Record(s)
Creator:

Cinchona-Institute, Amsterdam x Cinchona-Instituut, Amsterdam

Physical description: 3 boxes
Access conditions:

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Subjects:
  • Malaria
Administrative / biographical background:

Cinchona-Institute was a non-profit research institute connected to the quinine industry of Holland.

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