Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark in the cure of agues and other fevers : interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy / by William Saunders.

  • Saunders, William, 1743-1817.
Date:
1782
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Credit: Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark in the cure of agues and other fevers : interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy / by William Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Since the following pages went to^ the prefSf I have feen fome exceeding good Red Bark, imported by a Spanijh Merchant, a ^onfderable part of which was as fmall as the filled Bark in ct>mmo?i] ufe, but it fiill preferved its Rednefs in that form, approach- ing, however, more to the colour of Cinna- mon it was evidently more compadl and heavy than common ^ill Bark, and ap- peared extremely ref nous, its exterior coat, thin, whitifh, and rough} it broke brittle, and gave evident proofs of its being the ^ill of the larger Red Bark, which was in the fame Chef : this, however, does not render my opinion lefs probable, that it may be only a variety of the Cinchona Officinalis, de- pending on Age, Soil or Exposure. O F