Quinine Factory in Bandung

Quinine Factory 
in Bandung

It is a quinine factory where product of the quinine (Chincona plant) crops in the form of quinine bark.
Quinine bark is processed to be taken in the form of quinine alkaloids. Drugs or quinine, in the early 19th century is very necessary to defend mankind from the deadly disease malaria. At the time, the area is still a lot of places are marshy or stagnant water basins become mosquito breeding species of malaria. This mosquito when piercing the skin and sucking human blood, when the piercing and sucking human blood, the mosquito will transmit the protozoa from the body and into the human body.

These protozoa consuming human red blood cells so that the blood cells burst when the body temperature is high heat-shivering bodies and the blood is reduced. These outbreaks can be prevented if people consume the bitter quinine. Not because of the bitterness but protozoa in human blood cells will die with substance quinine from the cinchona. Human need for quinine when it is so much so that the Dutch took the initiative to produce the malaria drug quinine and established the factory in the city of Bandung.

Historically, when the building is not standing still a magnificent and Batavia swamps, mosquitoes became a major enemy of the Dutch. Even during the 53 years between 1714 to 1767 recorded 72 816 European population living in Batavia died of malaria. Because the disease was dubbed Batavia "Het graf van het Oosten" or grave eastern country.

Seeing the Dutch Minister of Colonies Overseas Ch F Pahud on 1851mengusulkan on FW Junghun to make the cultivation of quinine in Java. In the same year Prof. de Vriese got Kina seeds of most species that have been sown either in the greenhouse in France. Through the cold hand of Dr. Teijsmann curator Bogor Botanical Garden Flowers, tree seedlings are then developed into dozens of quinine for cultured stem.
To process the bark of the quinine salt quinine into the Dutch East Indies government then set up a quinine factory in Bandung in 1896 At that time quinine plantations in Indonesia could generate up to an average of 11,000 tonnes of dry skin / year, equivalent to 33,000 tons of wet leather / year. Of these 4,000 tonnes processed in London and the rest is exported in the form of skin quinine, with the number of Indonesian managed to fill 90% of quinine in the world market.

Factory 
Standing on a rubber plantation land north, or Jl. Pajajaran now. Menajdi symbol quinine factory in Bandung for decades, the 1980s London society familiar with the tam asaphi billowing from its chimney. Smoke coming from the engine combustion boiler manual Babcox & Wilcox, and the sound of sirens sounded 4 times a marker of employee time off work (7:30) rest (11:30) back into work (12.00) and from work (16.00). Quinine factory employees often call the heong, since 1896 until today the never misses his voice even whistle as the source of the sound has never changed from the beginning to the present mill stands.

Quinine factory is located on Jl. Pajajaran no. 29-30 Bandung, diarsiteki by Gnelig Mijling AW with art deco architecture. There is a small hallway-shaped tunnels that pass under Jl. Pajajaran and are about 2.5 meters below it (and most of the people do not know of its existence), the tunnel was used as traffic officials to get to the main factory complex.

Based on the historical development of quinine Pbarik changed its name several times, namely:
1896: Founded by the Dutch government Bandoengsche name quinine Fabriek
1942: At the time of Japanese occupation name was changed to quinine Rikugun Seisohjo 1945: Dutch back into ownership Indonesia and taken again by quinine Bandoengsche Fabriek
1958 nationalized and its name changed so PN Pharmaceuticals and Medical devices Bhineka Kina
1961: Turned into Unity Kina Frama
1971: With no government regulations. 16, 1971 changed to PT (Persero) Kimia Farma

Quinine factory is the pride of the Indonesian people, because of this quinine factory produced life saving pills that brought people from death. Body of man (the blood) contained protozoan malaria mosquito. The Almighty God instructed, humans must look for drugs and  God who determines and takes care of the soul, life and death are determined by the Almighty God the Creator. but has to propose for health.

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