The Miraculous Fever-Tree: Malaria and the Quest for a Cure That Changed the World
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The Miraculous FeverTree Malaria and the Quest for a ~ In The Miraculous FeverTree Malaria and the Quest for a Cure that Changed the World HarperCollins Rocco has focused on the discovery utilization and culture of quinine the drug that for centuries has brought some hope against the disease That it has had to work for centuries of course means that the battle is far from won
The Miraculous FeverTree Malaria and the Quest for a ~ Books about things that change the world are still popular and relevant to the nonfiction reader A classic example is Fiammetta Roccos Quinine Malaria and the Quest for a Cure That Changed the World Harper Collins 2003 a book that traces the history of quinine from its discovery in the 17th Century by Jesuit missionaries in Peru to its use by expanding European colonial powers and
The Miraculous FeverTree Malaria Medicine and the Cure ~ The Miraculous FeverTree Malaria Medicine and the Cure that Changed the World Text Only Fiammetta Rocco describes the ravages of the disease the quest of the three Englishmen who smuggled cinchona seeds out of South America the way quinine opened the door to Western imperial adventure in Asia Africa and beyond and why even today
The Miraculous Fever Tree Malaria Medicine and the Cure ~ The cure was quinine but the legend is exactly that a legend Nobody can be sure who first discovered the miracle of the Cinchona calisaya tree and its bark for the tree grows high in the Andes where malaria is unknown But the arrival of quinine on the shores of Europe was not the legacy of the countess or her husband instead it was a gift from an hitherto unknown Jesuit priest Agustino Salumbrino in 1631
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The Miraculous FeverTree Malaria Medicine and the Cure ~ When after a thousand years a cure was finally found Europes Protestants among them Oliver Cromwell who suffered badly from malaria feared it was nothing more than a Popish poison More than any previous medicine though quinine forced physicians to change their ideas about treating illness
The Miraculous FeverTree Malaria and the Quest for a ~ THE MIRACULOUS FEVER TREE Malaria and the Quest for a Cure That Changed the World User Review Kirkus A seasoned filigreed history of malaria and its is still one of the great scourges turning the blood to sludge blackening the liver and spleen Malaria is so common and so
The Miraculous Fever Tree Malaria and the Quest for a ~ The Miraculous Fever Tree Malaria and the Quest for a Cure That Changed the World Epidemics have often been more influential than statesmen and soldiers in shaping the course of political
The Miraculous Fever Tree Malaria Medicine and the Cure ~ Legend has it that the cure for malaria was discovered in the 17th century by the countess of Cinchona wife of the viceroy of Peru when she was revived from a life threatening fever by a dose of bitter Peruvian bark
