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The Miraculous Fever Tree

The Miraculous Fever Tree Malaria and the Quest for a Cure That Changed the World

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Publisher's Synopsis

Traces the historical search for a cure for malaria, describing the seventeenth-century establishment of pharmacies throughout South America by Jesuit priests, the discovery of quinine, and the American synthesis of the medicine.

Book information

ISBN: 9780060199517
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: HarperCollins
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 616.9362009
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 348
Weight: 657g
Height: 234mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 31mm