The Miraculous Fever Tree: Malaria, Medicine and the Cure that Changed the World

Abstract

Fiammetta Rocco Harper Collins, £16.99, pp 352 ISBN 0 00257202 8 Rating: ![Graphic][1]</img>![Graphic][2]</img>![Graphic][3]</img>![Graphic][4]</img> Legend has it that the cure for malaria was discovered in the 17th century by the countess of Cinchona, wife of the viceroy of Peru, when she was revived from a life threatening fever by a dose of bitter Peruvian bark. Learning of her miraculous recovery the people of Lima begged the countess to help them, for they regularly succumbed to the same fever. She ordered that a large quantity of the remedy be distributed among the poor, which … [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif [2]: /embed/inline-graphic-2.gif [3]: /embed/inline-graphic-3.gif [4]: /embed/inline-graphic-4.gif