The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-23

~, connlete separation from the o'''e.
constituents OF the bark until zen -
afterwards. quite unsclenlliCaF''
nine may be described as the DdSe'
essential principle, of the barh u ii
tain individuals among the clhcnoi'a ia 49,
Il, ~ trees This bark was flrsl III"
into Europe In 1852. though II Is sei,eI
cid IN have been unknown theie
The return 10 Madrid Of the Couiile9
C,nchon. the wife OF the Niceroy Vi
a 1910. This lady, from whom t'e 80
n,oductnr trees derive their Do'ali0'i
Inc had been cured by 1t oil leNe'
contracted in Lima In lS}S' ana hei pa!
e,cian bv whom she was Accompanies
E,,rone. not unnaturally made much "a
tho wonder-worlling medicine.
Rut the Jesuits. VINO had settieu III
porn were quite aware OF It's VIRTUES
~ an earlier date They were al di'
events. the chief agents of It's dlstrlpu-
lion I'm Europe. the powder obtained from
the bark being then generally known as
"Tesuits' powder" In Madrid Il was car
ed Countess powder and IN hoile'
"Pulvis Patrum.' ,
From the latter city 1t speedily fouhu
its way to Brussels and Antwerp "heie
II was sold for its weight III SILVER, u
about ten times the then price OF OPIUM
In les twenty doses OF the powder were
con, from Rome TO Paris at a cost OF
con and Cardinal MaZarin recoihNle""C'
a. use I'm a dangerous illness OF LOUIS
NV That Peruvian bark was au'iin-
istored 10 the French king is undouDte',
but an interesting piece OF hiSto' Ia
evidence points TO 4 different source do
,ba means OF It's Introduction 10 thal
court In 1919. a well-known LONDON PHS
- r,ned Tabor. cured Charles H.
~ tertian fever with the no"
famous bark. which he regarded III "'e
hands Of skilled persons. as a none anu
safe medicine Compared WIN We va
80. of the elixir" which had been III
an good faith compounded Tor james J.
Tor a similar distemper, the re" al 70
vas indeed worthy ol admiration. nc
fame of Charles physician eA'ehueu -
,r-ance and Louis HlN.'s surgeon pun
ucbed an account Of Talbors uealhle""
,,hi,h was translated into English en-
,i,,ed "Talbor's Wonderful secret IoI
curing of Agues and FeNeFs.
The. prevalence and severity OF 'HeSe
dieaoses down 10 the end or the seven
tesnth century caused them 10 De Iesdi ~
80 r,tional scourees, for which the Fever
b.rk" was accepted as almost H'''"O"
- -, Nor does this estimate OF
rs movers appear extravasant' "heh ''e
l,dicrous and often barbarouS nature -,
,be remedies which il gradually supeiseNeN
arc taken into consideration. IIa's.eI9
a,d noesets " were among the preVal'in9
r,strums. but their ingredients were ia'"-
or suggestive Of the coh'e"''
,,.i,ch,s cauIdron. than OF the oenehcehI
o,,nlications Of later days. Fever was
80 he cured by music and asue by e'eC-
,r,cit, while the placing OF the IouI'H
HOOK Of the Had under the long-suileIi"s
ratient's head was opposed 10 DC Vi
,,ogical value In both disorders AuoNe
ali fear was thought 10 be especl""y
necessary in the treatment OF asue, anu
The deecription OF many Of the methous
then used seems to have been well ca4cu-
lated 10 inspire IT,
t1rrboIdt doubted whether the cura-
tive nature of the bark was orlslloAS
known TO the Peruvians, but the proDd-
buit,, seens 10 be that its qualities were
fu1I, understood by the natives long be-
fire the Spaniards landed on their sholes'
There Is a tradition that the properties
Of the bark were first pracucally ieaH|eu
bv a fever-stricken Indian, VINO. pelh5
left behind in the forest by MS colnp"i
IONS drank Of a stream which flowed
through it. and which had been impres-
mated by the bark Of the over-han2ins
cinchona trees His cure was so speedy
that IL was looked upon as miraculous
ana the Indians focked TO the stream 10
partake OF its supposed occult virtues,
II is also asserted that the pumas ana
iaeuars Of the mountain forests are IN
the habit Of gnawing the cinchona trees.
and this is the more worthy Of BELIEF
ne il is known that the instinct OF many
domestic animals. as probably 81 an
Wild ones. leads them TO seek particular
horh= for medicinal purposes. Moreover
sovages Of the lowest type resort sPe-
officially TO various kinds Of veeetaOle
"bittors" as a cure for fever and aSue'