Travels in Peru and India

CHAPTER I.

DISCOVERY OF PERUVIAN BARK.

The Countess of Chinchon--Introduction of the use of bark into Europe--M. La Condamine's first description of a _Chinchona_-tree--J. de Jussieu--Description of the Chinchona region--The different valuable species--The discovery of quinine.

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