The National Geographic Magazine, March, 1922, Volume XLI, Number Three. Original articles by Joseph F. Rock.
Included in this issue are:
Prehistoric Telephone Days, with 17 Illustrations by Alexander Graham Bell;
Hunting the Chaulmoogra Tree, with 40 illustrations by Joseph F. Rock;
Amid the Snows of Switzerland with 16 Full-page Engravings;
The Hill Tribes of Burma with 22 illustrations, by Sir George Soctt;
The Pueblo Bonito Expedition of the National Geographic Society with 11 illustrations, by Neil M. Judd;
Fighting Insects with Airplanes with 6 illustrations, by C.R. Neillie and J.S. Houser
Joseph Rock was commissioned by the United States Department of Agriculture to search for a tree in Southeast Asia whose oil was believed to have medicinal properties for treating leprosy. This article recounts the expedition.
A full issue, in good condition. Hard to find.
Hunting the Chaulmoogra Tree, an Original Article from NGS, by Joseph F. Rock
- Publisher: National Geographic Society
- ISBN: 192203
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