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Author Rocco, Fiammetta.

Title The miraculous fever tree : malaria and the quest for a cure that changed the world / Fiammetta Rocco.

Publication Info. New York, NY : HarperCollins, [2003]
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  616.9362 ROCCO    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.9362 ROCCO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xix, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-337) and index.
Contents Ch. 1. Sickness prevails - Africa -- Ch. 2. The tree required - Rome -- Ch. 3. The tree discovered - Peru -- Ch. 4. The quarrel - England -- Ch. 5. The quest - South America -- Ch. 6. To war and to explore - from Holland to West Africa -- Ch. 7. To explore and to war - From America to Panama -- Ch. 8. The seed - South America -- Ch. 9. The science - India, England and Italy -- Ch. 10. The last forest - Congo.
Subject Malaria -- History.
Quinine -- History.
Cinchona -- History.
Malaria -- history -- Personal Narratives.
Cinchona -- Personal Narratives.
History of Medicine -- 18th Cent. -- Personal Narratives.
History of Medicine -- 19th Cent. -- Personal Narratives.
Quinine -- history -- Personal Narratives.
ISBN 0060199512 alkaline paper
0002572028
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