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, & 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

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, & 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.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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called, has, of late years, been sufficiently cultivated; and the hills, which bound it on the north, west, and south, are grand and lofty. The scenery about the Pagoda and Falls is sublime and picturesque, and bears a strong resemblance to some of the most romantic situations in Switzerland, where wood and water, rocks and mountains, combine to aggrandize the landscape. The greatest height of the lower fall or cataract is nearly two hundred feet. There are two others, formed by the same stream, higher up the mountains, and not less .beautiful and interesting, though much more difficult of access. Towards the southern and eastern ex- tremity of the Peninsula there are many salt-marshes [Turgas]: the largest of these are situated betwixt Coalsarpatnam in the Punjmahal talook, and Vesiapetty in Caul- caud; and are as follow:— Moodoomutta, which lies about twelve

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