Quinine's Predecessor: Francesco Torti and the Early History of Cinchona

by Jarcho, Saul

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Comments: Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xviii, 354 pages : illustrations, 24 cm. <br> "The history of cinchona has traditionally begun with the romantic - and now discredited - story of Francisca Henriquez Ribera, the Countess of Chinchon. According to legend, the Countess became seriously ill during an outbreak of fever in Lima around 1623. Her husband, the Viceroy, learning of a medicinal tree bark used by the local Indians, ordered the bark tested and a

ISBN-13: 9780801844669
ISBN: 0801844665
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

AUTHOR

Jarcho, Saul

SUMMARY

"Jarcho's major contribution in this work is his careful elucidation of the early history of cinchona as a treatment for malaria -- a subject that has been obscured by unsubstantiated mythology for many years... A model for future studies."--J. Worth Estes, M.D., Boston University School of MedicineJarcho, Saul is the author of 'Quinine's Predecessor: Francesco Torti and the Early History of Cinchona' with ISBN 9780801844669 and ISBN 0801844665.

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