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1563Colóquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da Índia e assi dalgũas frutas achadas nella onde se tratam algũas cousas tocantes a medicina, pratica, e outras cousas boas pera saber.
ORTA, Garcia de [Garcia d'Orta] (1501 – 1568)
ORTA, Garcia de [Garcia d'Orta] (1501 – 1568)
1578Tractado de las drogas, y medicinas de las Indias Orientales, con sus plantas debuxadas al bivo.
ACOSTA, Cristóbal [Cristóvão da Costa; Christophorus Acosta Africanus] (1540 – 1599)
1678​–1703Hortus Indicus Malabaricus: Continens regni Malabarici apud Indos cereberrimi onmis generis plantas rariores, Latinas, Malabaricis, Arabicis, Brachmanum charactareibus hominibusque expressas ....12 vols.
COMMELIN, Jan [COMMELIJN] (1629 – 1692) VAN RHEEDE TOT DRAKENSTEIN, Hendrik Adriaan (1636 – 1691) ALMELOVEEN, Theodorus Janssonius van (1657 – 1712) CASEARIUS, Johannes (1642 – 1677) VAN DYCK, Jan
MUNNICKS, Johannes (Munnickius) (1652 – 1711)
MUNNICKS, Johannes (Munnickius) (1652 – 1711) POOT, Abraham van (1617 – ) SOMEREN, Joannes van SEYEN, Arnold (Syen) (1640 – 1678) BOOM, Henrik & Dirk
1685Traité des maladies particulières aux pays orientaux, et dans la route, et de leurs Remèdes. Par M.C.D.D.E.M.
DELLON, Charles Gabriel (1649 – 1710)
1721Relation des différentes espèces de peste qui reconnaissent les orientaux, des précautions & des remèdes qu'ils prennent pour empêcher la communication & le progrès; et ce que nous devons faire à leur exemple pour nous en préserver, & nous en guérir.
GAUDEREAU, Martin (1663 – 1743)
1758A genuine narrative of the deplorable deaths of the English gentlemen and others who were suffocated in the Black Hole in Fort-William, at Calcutta, in the Kingdom of Bengal, in the night succeeding the 20th day of June, 1756, in a letter to a friend.
HOLWELL, John Zephaniah (1711 – 1798)
HOLWELL, John Zephaniah (1711 – 1798)
1767An account of the manner of inoculating for the small pox in the East Indies: With some observations on the practice and mode of treating that disease in those parts.
HOLWELL, John Zephaniah (1711 – 1798)
HOLWELL, John Zephaniah (1711 – 1798)
1783A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the Admiral and the Nabob Serajah Dowlah. Interspersed with some interesting passages relating to the manners, customs, &c. of several nations in Indostan. Also, a journey from Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, a description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India, with their real, or supposed, medicinal virtues. Also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulf of Persia. Illustrated with a chart, maps, and other copper-plates.
IVES, Edward ( – 1786)
1793A paper on the prevention and treatment of the disorders of the seamen and soldiers in Bengal. Presented to the Honourable Court of East-India Directors, in the year 1791.
WADE, John Peter (1762 – 1802)
1794Article on Indian rhinoplasty.
LONGMATE, Barak (1768 – 1836)
1796An account of Indian serpents collected on the coast of Coromandel: containing descriptions and drawings of each species, together with experiments and remarks on their several poisons.
RUSSELL, Patrick (1727 – 1805)
RUSSELL, Patrick (1727 – 1805)
1800An epitome of the natural history of the insects of India, and the islands in the Indian seas: Comprising upwards of two hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of the most singular and beautiful species, selected chiefly from those recently discovered, and which have not appeared in the works of any preceding author. The figures are accurately drawn, engraved, and coloured, from specimens of the insects; the descriptions are arranged according to the system of Linnaeus; with references to the writings of Fabricius, and other systematic authors.
DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
1807An account of the diseases of India, as they appeared in the English fleet, and in the naval hospital at Madras, in 1782 and 1783; with observations on ulcers, and the hospital sores of that country, &c. & c. To which is prefixed a view of the diseases of an expedition and passage of a fleet and armament to India, in 1781.
CURTIS, Charles
CURTIS, Charles
1813Materia medica of Hindoostan, and artisan’s and agriculturist’s nomenclature.
AINSLIE, Whitelaw (1767 – 1837)
1813The influence of tropical climates, more especially the climate of India, on European constitutions; the principal effects and diseases thereby induced, their prevention or removal, and the means of preserving health in hot climates, rendered obvious to to Europeans in every capacity: An essay .
JOHNSON, James (1777 – 1845)
JOHNSON, James (1777 – 1845)
1814Hortus Bengalensis, or, a catalogue of the plants growing in the East India Company's Botanic Garden at Calcutta.
ROXBURGH, William (1751 – 1815)
ROXBURGH, William (1751 – 1815)
1817Results of an investigation, respecting epidemic and pestilential diseases; including researches in the Levant, concerning the plague. 2 vols.
MACLEAN, Charles (1760 – 1824)
1818Practical observations on fever, dysentery and liver complaints as they occur amongst European troops in India. With introductory remarks on the disadvantages of selecting boys for Indian military service.
BALLINGALL, Sir George (1780 – 1855)
BALLINGALL, Sir George (1780 – 1855)
1820​–1824Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian plants by the late William Roxburgh. Edited by William Carey, to which are added descriptions of plants recently discovered by Nathaniel Wallich. 2 vols.
ROXBURGH, William (1751 – 1815)
ROXBURGH, William (1751 – 1815)
WALLICH, Nathaniel (1786 – 1854)
WALLICH, Nathaniel (1786 – 1854)
CAREY, William (1761 – 1834)
CAREY, William (1761 – 1834)
1824A voyage to India: Containing reflections on a voyage to Madras and Bengal, in 1821, in the ship Lonach; instructions for the preservation of health in Indian climates; and hints to surgeons and owners of private trading-ships.
WALLACE, James
WALLACE, James
1828Researches into the causes, nature and treatment of the more prevalent diseases of India, and of warm climates generally. Illustrated with cases, post mortem examinations, and numerous coloured engravings of morbid structures. 2 vols.
ANNESLEY, Sir James (1780 – 1847)
1832Clinical illustrations of the more important diseases of Bengal, with the result of an inquiry into their pathology and treatment.
TWINING, William (1790 – 1835)
1832A treatise on the epidemic cholera, as it has prevailed in India; together with the reports of the medical officers, made to the medical boards of the presidencies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, for the purpose of ascertaining a successful mode of treating that destructive disease; And a critical examination of all the works that have hitherto appeared on the subject.
CORBYN, Frederick
CORBYN, Frederick
1835A practical essay on the history and treatment of beriberi.
MALCOLMSON, John Grant ( – 1844)
1837Notes on the medical topography of Calcutta.
MARTIN, James Ranald (1796 – 1874)
MARTIN, James Ranald (1796 – 1874)
1843Practical observations on the principal diseases affecting the health of the European and native soldiers in the north-western provinces of India with a supplement on dysentery.
MACGREGOR, William Lewis (1801 – 1853)
1844Rambles and recollections of an Indian official. 2 vols.
SLEEMAN, Sir William Henry (1788 – 1856)
SLEEMAN, Sir William Henry (1788 – 1856)
1844Pathologia Indica, or, The anatomy of Indian diseases, medical and surgical: Based upon morbid specimens from all parts of India in the museum of the Calcutta Medical College; illustrated by detailed cases, with the prescriptions and treatment employed, and comments, physiological, practical and historical.
WEBB, Allan (1803 – 1863)
1845Commentary on the Hindu system of medicine.
WISE, Thomas Alexander (1801 – 1889)
1845Hortus suburbanus Calcuttensis. A catalog of the plants which were cultivated in the Hon. East India Company's Botanical Garden, Calcutta and in the Serampore Botanical Garden, known as Dr. Carey's Garden, from the beginning of both establishments (1786 and 1800) to the end of August 1841; drawn up according to the Jussieuan arrangement, and mostly in conformity with the second edition (1836) of Lindsay 's Natural System of Botany.
VOIGT, Joachim Johann Otto (1798 – 1843)
1849Notes on the influence exercised by trees in inducing rain and preserving moisture.
BALFOUR, Edward Green (1813 – 1889)
BALFOUR, Edward Green (1813 – 1889)
1849​–1851The rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya: Being an account, botanical and geographical, of the rhododendrons recently discovered in the mountains of eastern Himalaya, from drawings and descriptions made on the spot, during a government botanical mission to that country
HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817 – 1911)
HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817 – 1911)
HOOKER, Sir William Jackson (1785 – 1865)
HOOKER, Sir William Jackson (1785 – 1865)
1850The historical relations of ancient Hindu with Greek medicine in connection with the study of modern medical science in India: Being a general introductory lecture delivered June 1850, at the Calcutta Medical College.
WEBB, Allan (1803 – 1863)
1851Früchte aus dem Morgenlande oder Reise-Erlebnisse. Nebst naturhistorisch-medicinischen Erfahrungen, einigen hundert erprobten Arzneimitteln und einer neuen Heilart dem Medial-Systeme. Mit vierzig lithographirten Tafeln: Porträte, Pflanzenabbildungen, sonstige Natur- und Kunstprodukte, Facsimile, Landkarte und Ansicht der Citadelle von Lahor; endlich als Anhang ein medizinisches Wörterbuch in mehreren europäischen und orientalischen Sprachen.
HONIGBERGER, Johann Martin (1795 – 1869)
HONIGBERGER, Johann Martin (1795 – 1869)
1851A practical treatise on the treatment of the diseases of the elephant, camel, and horned cattle, with instructions for preserving their efficiency.
GILCHRIST, William
GILCHRIST, William
1852​–1855Commentarii et annotationes in Suśruta Āyurvedam. 2 vols.
HESSLER, Franz (1799 – 1890)
1854Himalayan journals; or, notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c. 2 vols.
HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817 – 1911)
HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817 – 1911)
1855Elephantiasis orientalis, and especially elephantiasis genitalis in Bengal.
WEBB, Allan (1803 – 1863)
1855Flora indica: Being a systematic account of the plants of British India, together with observations on the structure and affinities of their natural orders and genera. Vol. 1. Ranunculaceae to Fumariaceae, with an Introductory Essay. All published.
HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817 – 1911)
HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817 – 1911) THOMSON, Thomas (1817 – 1878)
1856Clinical researches on disease in India. 2 vols.
MOREHEAD, Charles (1807 – 1882)
MOREHEAD, Charles (1807 – 1882)
1859Remarks upon a tabular return (No. 1), or synopsis of sixteen cases of heat-apoplexy.
LONGMORE, Sir Thomas (1816 – 1895)
LONGMORE, Sir Thomas (1816 – 1895)
1859Sketch of the medical topography, or climate and soils, of Bengal and the N.W. Provinces.
MCCLELLAND, John (1805 – 1875)
1860Contributions to the natural history of insolatio.
BARCLAY, Alexander (1822 – 1874)
1860Remarks on the uses of some bazaar medicines, and on a few of the common indigenous plants of India, according to European practice.
WARING, Edward John (1819 – 1891)
1861On a new and striking form of fungus disease, principally affecting the foot, and prevailing endemically in many parts of India.
CARTER, Henry Vandyke (1831 – 1897)
CARTER, Henry Vandyke (1831 – 1897)
1868Pharmacopoeia of India, prepared under the authority of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council
WARING, Edward John (1819 – 1891)
1868Palaeontological memoirs and notes of the late Hugh Falconer. For many years superintendent of the H.E.I. Company's botanical gardens at Suharunpoor and Calcutta. With a biographical sketch of the author. Compiled and edited by Charles Murchison. Vol. 1. Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis. Vol. II. Mastodon, elephant, rhinoceros, ossiferous caves, primeval man and his cotemporaries. 2 vols.
MURCHISON, Charles (1830 – 1879)
MURCHISON, Charles (1830 – 1879)
FALCONER, Hugh (1808 – 1865)
FALCONER, Hugh (1808 – 1865)
1870Kala azar.
BRISCOE, Thomas Benjamin
1871On a haemotozoon inhabiting human blood. Its relation to chyluria and other diseases.
LEWIS, Timothy Richards (1841 – 1886)
LEWIS, Timothy Richards (1841 – 1886)
1872The thanatophidia of India. Being a Description of the venomous snakes of the Indian Peninsula, with an account of the influence of their poison on life and a series of experiments
FAYRER, Sir Joseph (1824 – 1907)
FAYRER, Sir Joseph (1824 – 1907)