Cinchona-Institute, Amsterdam
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0809 CI |
Held at | : London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives/ › |
Full title | : Cinchona-Institute, Amsterdam |
Date(s) | : 1896-1957 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 5 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Cinchona-Institute, Amsterdam x Cinchona-Instituut, Amsterdam |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Cinchona-Institute was a non-profit research institute connected to the quinine industry of Holland.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
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.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English, Dutch, French and German.
System of arrangement:
Arranged in original order.
Conditions governing access:
This collection is open for consultation. Please contact the Archivist to arrange an appointment. All researchers must complete and sign a user registration form which signifies their agreement to abide by the archive rules. All researchers are required to provide proof of identity bearing your signature (for example, a passport or debit card) when registering. Please see website for further information at www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids exist.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown.
Allied Materials
Related material:
LuEsther T. Mertz Library at The New York Botanical Garden contains the personal papers of Norman Taylor (1900-1967) which make reference to files on medicinal plants which were being considered for cultivation and promotion by the Cinchona-Instituut in Amsterdam.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Sources: Archives and manuscripts website at The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden.
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
February 2008
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