The Miraculous Fever-tree

The Miraculous Fever-tree
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 371
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ISBN-10 : 9780006532354
ISBN-13 : 0006532357
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Book Synopsis The Miraculous Fever-tree by : Fiammetta Rocco

Download or read book The Miraculous Fever-tree written by Fiammetta Rocco and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2004 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1623, ten cardinals and hundreds of their attendants died from the 'mal'aria' or 'bad air' of the Roman marshes while electing a new Pope. Their choice, Urban VIII, determined that a cure be found for the fever that was the scourge of Europe. In 1631 a young Jesuit apothecary in Peru sent to the Old World a cure that had been found in the New - where the disease was unknown." "The cure was quinine, an alkaloid made from the bitter red bark of the cinchona tree, which grows in the Andes. Europe's Protestants feared it was nothing more than a Catholic poison, but before long quinine would change the face of medicine and open the door to Western imperial adventure in Asia, Africa and beyond." --Book Jacket.


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