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Quinine administration guide for children with malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2000.

Cinchona plant (Cinchona lancifolia): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.

The homecoming of a soldier from the east, showing the benefits of using quinine and a mosquito net. Chromolithograph by B. Rabier.

The discovery of quinine, 1820. Oil painting by Ernest Board, 191-.

Cod liver oil emulsion with hypophosphites : perfect, inseparable, & palatable : gold medal, Rio de Janeiro, 1909 ... / Baiss Brothers & Stevenson Limited.

A map of Paraguay and surrounding area, illustrating where cinchona (quinine) was allegedly first discovered in 1626(?). Etching by D.V. Rossi.

Sir W. Denison and others planting the first quinine tree in the Neilgherry hills, India. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862.

The conclave of physicians, detecting their intrigues, frauds, and plots, against their patients. Also a peculiar discourse of the Jesuits bark: the history thereof, with its true use, and abuse. Moreover, a narrative of an eminent case in physick / By Gideon Harvey.

A cross-section through a mill which pulverises quinine bark, S. Spirito, Sassia hospital Rome, c. 1640. Coloured drawing by C. Rossi, 1930.

Reproduction of the title page from Rant, Anton: De djamoer oepas-ziekte in het algemeen en bij kina in het bijzonder Batavia : G. Kolff, 1911. The title page was possibly reproduced as part of the printed books lent by Professor P. Van der Wielen, Laboratorium voor Artsenijbereidkunde van de Universiteit van Amsterdam, and exhibited in Malaria section of the international celebration and exhibition : three hundredth anniversary of the first recognized use of cinchona by Europeans, 1630-1930 hosted by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930. The publication is listed as exhibit no. 556 in the souvenir catalogue.

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0001707-M0001808

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

M0001771: Reproduction of the title page from De djamoer oepas-ziekte in het algemeen en bij kina in het bijzonder by Dr. A. Rant, 1911

1 print : lithograph, printed in red, black and yellow ; sheet 50.5 x 34.1 cm

The malaria mosquito under a spotlight, with scenes showing how to avoid catching malaria. Colour lithograph after a design attributed to Reginald Mount.

Armorial Bearings of celebrities connected with the history of Chinchona: emblazoned arms, descriptions in Spanish, translations by J.S. Uribe. Prepared for the Wellcome Cinchona Tercentenary Celebration and Exihibition, 1930.

Chinchon Family

Reproduction of the title page from Bais, W. I. (editor): Kina en kinine Leiden : A.W. Sijthoff voor het Rijks-instituut voor Pharmaco-therapeutisch Onderzoek, 1927. The title page was possibly reproduced as part of the printed books lent by Professor P. Van der Wielen, Laboratorium voor Artsenijbereidkunde van de Universiteit van Amsterdam, and exhibited in Malaria section of the international celebration and exhibition : three hundredth anniversary of the first recognized use of cinchona by Europeans, 1630-1930 hosted by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930. The book is listed as exhibit no. 577 in the souvenir catalogue.

M0001720: Reproduction of the title page from Kina en kinine, 1927

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A cross-section through a mill which pulverises quinine bark, S. Spirito, Sassia hospital Rome, c. 1640. Coloured drawing by C. Rossi, 1930.

M0001771: Reproduction of the title page from De djamoer oepas-ziekte in het algemeen en bij kina in het bijzonder by Dr. A. Rant, 1911

The malaria mosquito under a spotlight, with scenes showing how to avoid catching malaria. Colour lithograph after a design attributed to Reginald Mount.

Chinchon Family

M0001720: Reproduction of the title page from Kina en kinine, 1927

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Quinine

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A cross-section through a mill which pulverises quinine bark, S. Spirito, Sassia hospital Rome, c. 1640. Coloured drawing by C. Rossi, 1930.

M0001771: Reproduction of the title page from De djamoer oepas-ziekte in het algemeen en bij kina in het bijzonder by Dr. A. Rant, 1911

The malaria mosquito under a spotlight, with scenes showing how to avoid catching malaria. Colour lithograph after a design attributed to Reginald Mount.

Chinchon Family

M0001720: Reproduction of the title page from Kina en kinine, 1927

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