9789353245672 - rough notes of a trip to reunion mauritius and ceylon [hardcover] (2 Ergebnisse)
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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Language: English. About the Book: - The account of a visit to the Indian Ocean islands of Reunion, Mauritius and Ceylon in the year 1851. Like the way most travelogues of this time were written, this account is rich in description: the geography, the people, the cities and principal buildings, trade and… commerce, produce, metrological data all are packed in this short account. The books with a short note on Indian Labourers in Reunion. The book 37 illustration as part of the narrative. This book is a reprint of the 1852 edition. About the Author: - Frederic John Mouat was a British surgeon, chemist and prison reformer. He was part of the committee that helped identify the Andaman Islands as a suitable location for a convict settlement. He spent 30 years in India, where he was a leading figure in the field of education, in which he was a major campaigner to establish the first universities in India especially the University of Calcutta and prison reform, including holding the post of Inspector-General of jails in lower Bengal. Here he advocated remunerative prison labour as a means for reformation and making prisons self-supporting. In 1857, after the Indian Mutiny, he was asked to investigate the Andaman Islands as a potential penal colony. He examined the use of chaulmogra oil in the treatment of leprosy and published the first illustrated book on human anatomy in Urdu in 1849. Mouat conducted some experiments for the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on lichens used in dyeing and sent a report to the Earl of Auckland who was so impressed as to appoint him in 1841 as Treasurer, Secretary, Resident Medical Officer as well as Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica at the Bengal Medical College. Among the experiments he conducted were trials on treating leprosy patients with the extracts of chaulmogra (Hydnocarpus wightiana). In 1849, he published an atlas of human anatomy with notes in Urdu with the assistance of Moonshee Nusseerudin Ahmed and with illustrations by Colesworthey Grant. The Title 'Rough Notes Of A Trip To Reunion Mauritius And Ceylon written/authored/edited by Frederic J. Mouat', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9789353245672 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 149 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Facsimile Publisher. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 22.59 x 28.94 cms Vol: 149.
