Notes on Cinchona Cultivation in British Sikkim (Near Darjeeling)
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By Joseph Ewart, M. D., Trofessor of Physiology, Medical College of Bengal. Among the many substantial and enduring benefits conferred upon India by English rule, the introduction of the " quinineyielding" cinchonas will not be considered by posterity the least important. Already the enterprise has passed beyond the boundary line of an experiment, and reached the goal of success. A few short years more, and it will take its stand as
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Cinchona Cultivation in British Sikkim
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دوره 3 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016