A singular remedy: cinchona across the atlantic world, 1751-1820
Innovative exploration of how medical knowledge was shared between and across diverse societies tied to the Atlantic World around 1800.
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| Format: | Book/Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
2020
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| Series: | Science in History Ser.
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| Online Access: | Aggregator, lizenzpflichtig: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6379837
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| Summary: | Innovative exploration of how medical knowledge was shared between and across diverse societies tied to the Atlantic World around 1800. Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Source Material -- A Note on Language and Translation -- A Note on Weights, Currencies and Measures -- Introduction: A Singular Remedy -- The Outlines of Cinchona -- An Appraisal of the Historiography -- Book Structure -- 1 Origin Stories -- Unalienable Truths -- Botanists by Instinct -- Illiterate Saviours -- 2 The Demands of Humanity -- World Bark Trade -- Geographies of Consumption -- Limits to Distribution -- 3 Community of Practice -- 'Proper Evacuations' -- Preparations of the Bark -- Proprietary Medicines -- 4 Febrile Situations -- Marshes and Wetlands -- Cities, Ships and Camps -- 'Hot Climates' -- 5 Harvests of Change -- The Growth Regions -- The Spectre of Extinction -- The Bark Cutters -- Conclusion: A Plant of the World -- Bibliography -- List of Archives -- Manuscripts and Archival Sources -- Printed Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9781108902281 |