The Fever Trail

The Fever Trail
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 031242180X
ISBN-13 : 9780312421809
Rating : 4/5 (809 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Fever Trail by : Mark Honigsbaum

Download or read book The Fever Trail written by Mark Honigsbaum and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literally Italian for "bad air," malaria once plagued Rome, tropical trade routes and colonial ventures into India and South America and the disease has no known antidote aside from the therapeutic effects of the "miraculous" quinine. This first book from journalist Honigsbaum is a rousing history of the search for febrifuge or, more specifically, the rare red cinchona tree, the bark from which quinine is derived.


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