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• catalog abstract "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 administered to his wife. Following her prompt recovery, the Countess championed the use of bark among the general populace, and thousands of lives were saved. The drug became known as pulvis Comitissae, the powder of the Countess, and later - misspelled by Linnaeus - as cinchona. In Quinine's Predecessor Saul Jarcho unravels a tangle of myth, hearsay, and fact to establish the definitive history of cinchona bark - the still-important source of modern quinine. Jarcho explains the discovery of the healing property of the substance, also known as Peruvian bark or Jesuits' bark, and traces the routes by which it was transmitted from South America to Spain and other countries. He recounts the controversy and resistance surrounding its acceptance by medical practitioners. And he offers the most complete account to date of the important work of Francesco Torti, who used the bark successfully in treating cerebral and other especially dangerous malarial infections.".
• catalog contributor b4110467.
• catalog contributor b4110468.
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description "1. Two Rival Historical Traditions -- 2. Peru, Italy, and the Low Countries -- 3. Continental Developments, 1653-1675 -- 4. England after 1650 -- 5. France, Germany, and Switzerland -- 6. Russia, the Orient, and the Americas -- 7. Italy and Spain, 1679-1718 -- 8. Antonio Frassoni and Francesco Torti's Synopsis -- 9. Torti's Therapeutice Specialis -- 10. Torti as Seen by His Contemporaries -- 11. Torti's Place in History -- 12. The Bark: Botanical, Geographical, and Commercial Factors -- 13. Epilogue -- App. A. The Intermittent Fevers as Understood in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries -- App. B. The Schedula Romana -- App. C. Torti's Synopsis -- The Latin Text -- App. D. Editions of the Therapeutice Specialis, 1712-1928.".
• catalog description "In Quinine's Predecessor Saul Jarcho unravels a tangle of myth, hearsay, and fact to establish the definitive history of cinchona bark - the still-important source of modern quinine. Jarcho explains the discovery of the healing property of the substance, also known as Peruvian bark or Jesuits' bark, and traces the routes by which it was transmitted from South America to Spain and other countries. He recounts the controversy and resistance surrounding its acceptance by medical practitioners. And he offers the most complete account to date of the important work of Francesco Torti, who used the bark successfully in treating cerebral and other especially dangerous malarial infections.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-342) and index.".
• catalog description "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 administered to his wife. Following her prompt recovery, the Countess championed the use of bark among the general populace, and thousands of lives were saved. The drug became known as pulvis Comitissae, the powder of the Countess, and later - misspelled by Linnaeus - as cinchona.".
• catalog extent "xviii, 354 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Quinine's predecessor.".
• catalog identifier "0801844665 (hc : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Quinine's predecessor.".
• catalog isPartOf "The Henry E. Sigerist series in the history of medicine".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
• catalog relation "Quinine's predecessor.".
• catalog subject "616.9/362061 20".
• catalog subject "Cinchona History.".
• catalog subject "Cinchona.".
• catalog subject "Malaria Chemotherapy History.".
• catalog subject "Malaria bark Therapeutic Chemotherapy History.".
• catalog subject "QV 257 J365q".
• catalog subject "Quinine history.".
• catalog subject "RM666.C53 J37 1993".
• catalog subject "Torti, Francesco, 1658-1741.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Two Rival Historical Traditions -- 2. Peru, Italy, and the Low Countries -- 3. Continental Developments, 1653-1675 -- 4. England after 1650 -- 5. France, Germany, and Switzerland -- 6. Russia, the Orient, and the Americas -- 7. Italy and Spain, 1679-1718 -- 8. Antonio Frassoni and Francesco Torti's Synopsis -- 9. Torti's Therapeutice Specialis -- 10. Torti as Seen by His Contemporaries -- 11. Torti's Place in History -- 12. The Bark: Botanical, Geographical, and Commercial Factors -- 13. Epilogue -- App. A. The Intermittent Fevers as Understood in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries -- App. B. The Schedula Romana -- App. C. Torti's Synopsis -- The Latin Text -- App. D. Editions of the Therapeutice Specialis, 1712-1928.".
• catalog title "Quinine's predecessor : Francesco Torti and the early history of cinchona / Saul Jarcho.".
• catalog type "text".