Picture No | 10043931 |
Date | mid 19th century |
Description | CINCHONA IN PERU |
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European travellers in Peru are taught the medicinal effects of QUININE ; French missionaries had learnt this in 1630, but the curative element was not identified
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Source | Meunier, in 'La Medecine Populaire' (circa 1880) |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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