| RefNo | AP/21/7 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the ipoh or upas poison used by the Jacoons and other aboriginal tribes of the Malay Peninsula' by T J [Thomas John] Newbold |
| Date | 1837 |
| Description | Newbold describes how some native communities of the Malay Peninsula use extracts of the root and bark of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria) to produce a poison with which to tip arrows. Marked on back as 'archives'.
Subject: Toxicology / Botany
Received 26 January 1837. Communicated by P M [Peter Mark] Roget.
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the ipoh or upas poison used by the Jacoons and other Aboriginal tribes of the Malay Peninsula'. |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1837.0025 |