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..., / [Whitelaw Ainslie].

  • Ainslie, Whitelaw, 1767-1837.
Date:
1816
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    AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE EPIDEMIC FEVER, &C. &C. Section I; A Geographical Description of the Provinces in which the Epidemic Fever prevailed; with some Account of their Climate in Healthy Seasons; of their Agricultural Pro- ducts; and of the relative Condition of their Native Inhabitants. The districts to which the attention of the Medioal Committee has been particularly called, as those that have suffered most from the ravages of fever, are, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Madura, and Tinnivelly; com- prehending an extent of country, in latitude about 3°. 30', and in longitude, at some parts, nearly l\3i'; a tract stretching in length, from north to south, from the base B