Add to ORKGIn 1859, the British government launched an expedition to South America with the aim of collecting seeds and plants of the quinine-producing cinchona tree for establishing plantations in British India, so as to relieve the British Government of the escalating costs and uncertainties in the supply of this valuable, and increasingly popular anti-malarial drug. Drawing on recent work on the commodities of empire, tropical acclimatization, and imperial medicine, this thesis provides a detailed study of the first British cinchona plantations established on the Nilgiri Hills of Southern India. Focused on the period between 1860 and 1900, and at the local geographic scale, the research critically examines the engagement and connections between go...
Malaria was considered one of the most widespread disease-causing entities in the nineteenth century...
Malaria was considered one of the most widespread disease-causing entities in the nineteenth century...
The antipyretic properties of cinchona barks were known since ancient times in South America, partic...
In 1859, the British government launched an expedition to South America with the aim of collecting s...
In the mid-nineteenth century Cinchona plantations were established in British and Dutch colonial te...
In the mid-nineteenth century Cinchona plantations were established in British and Dutch colonial te...
The authors briefly trace the significant stages of the issue related to cinchona in Portugal, namel...
The isolation of quinine from cinchona bark in 1820 opened new possibilities for the mass-production...
The isolation of quinine from cinchona bark in 1820 opened new possibilities for the mass-production...
The isolation of quinine from cinchona bark in 1820 opened new possibilities for the mass-production...
In the nineteenth century, place bore immediately and urgently on questions of imperialism, race, an...
The isolation of quinine from cinchona bark in 1820 opened new possibilities for the mass-production...
In the nineteenth century, place bore immediately and urgently on questions of imperialism, race, an...
Malaria was considered one of the most widespread disease-causing entities in the nineteenth century...
Malaria was considered one of the most widespread disease-causing entities in the nineteenth century...
Malaria was considered one of the most widespread disease-causing entities in the nineteenth century...
Malaria was considered one of the most widespread disease-causing entities in the nineteenth century...
The antipyretic properties of cinchona barks were known since ancient times in South America, partic...
In 1859, the British government launched an expedition to South America with the aim of collecting s...
In the mid-nineteenth century Cinchona plantations were established in British and Dutch colonial te...
In the mid-nineteenth century Cinchona plantations were established in British and Dutch colonial te...
The authors briefly trace the significant stages of the issue related to cinchona in Portugal, namel...
The isolation of quinine from cinchona bark in 1820 opened new possibilities for the mass-production...
The isolation of quinine from cinchona bark in 1820 opened new possibilities for the mass-production...
The isolation of quinine from cinchona bark in 1820 opened new possibilities for the mass-production...
In the nineteenth century, place bore immediately and urgently on questions of imperialism, race, an...
The isolation of quinine from cinchona bark in 1820 opened new possibilities for the mass-production...
In the nineteenth century, place bore immediately and urgently on questions of imperialism, race, an...
Malaria was considered one of the most widespread disease-causing entities in the nineteenth century...
Malaria was considered one of the most widespread disease-causing entities in the nineteenth century...
Malaria was considered one of the most widespread disease-causing entities in the nineteenth century...
Malaria was considered one of the most widespread disease-causing entities in the nineteenth century...
The antipyretic properties of cinchona barks were known since ancient times in South America, partic...