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Medical, geographical, and agricultural report of a committee appointed by the Madras Government to inquire into the causes of the epidemic fever which prevailed in the provinces of Coimbatore, Madura, Dindigul, and Tinnivelly, during the years 1809, 1810 and 1811: of which Dr. W. Ainslie was president; Mr. A. Smith, second member; Dr. M. Christy, third member.

  • Madras (India : Presidency). Medical Committee to Inquire into the Causes of the Epidemic Fever.
Date:
1816
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Credit: Medical, geographical, and agricultural report of a committee appointed by the Madras Government to inquire into the causes of the epidemic fever which prevailed in the provinces of Coimbatore, Madura, Dindigul, and Tinnivelly, during the years 1809, 1810 and 1811: of which Dr. W. Ainslie was president; Mr. A. Smith, second member; Dr. M. Christy, third member. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A From its elevation, it may naturally be supposed that the soil of Coimbatore is in general dry; it is on this account particularly well suited for pasture-lands, and the rearing of the different dry grains; though there is, at the same time, no want of extensive tanks. In the vicinity of the hills‘, and. in some other estates lying near to the Dindigul province, there is much low marshy ground. About forty miles due west from Dara- poram, there is an opening in the great mountains which run south; it is well known, by the name of the Paulcaudcherry Pass; and is in width, at its eastern. ex- tremity, about seven miles; and in length, at least thirty-one. This pass is shaped like a funnel, being much wider at the end which opens towards the Malabar coast, than it is at that by which it com- municates with the district of Coimbatore: it is nearly on a level with the lands on =; (1) Many of the villages of the Chuckragherry talook (division) lie close to the hills, in the neighbourhood of ex- tensive marshes, and are proverbially unhealthy.