The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-18
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GATHERING QUININE.
The Natural Home Of This Wonderful
Medicine.
Trees From Which the Bark Is Gath
cred frequently Reach a Hight of
Eighty Feet and Straight as a Lance.

Trees From Which the Bark Is Gath
cred frequently Reach a Hight of
Eighty Feet and Straight as a Lance.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer
1t was while serving on the South
American station, with the comfortable
old craft snugly moored in Callao harbor.
that the writer in company with a party
of friends, took a trip inland to witness
the operations of the celebrated casca-
rlleras or cinchona bark searchers. The
mountains of Peru is the natural home Of
this wonderful medicinal tree, which is
easily distnguishable from surrounding
foliage by it's beautiful lanceolate leaves
and magnificent proportions. They fire.
quently reach a height of elghty-odd feet.
straight as lance and covered with
foliage. The leaves are large and of
deep, glossy green, relieved by delicate
pink lines producing a beautiful effect in
the brilliant sunshine of tina favored
land.
The flowers have the blushing tints Of
the rose hanging in rich clusters from
amid the lanceolate leaves, ahording
pleasing contrast to the polished emerald
hue Of the foliage, while the air is laden
perfume thrown out by this Peruvian
monarch of the forest. The luXurant
growth and parasitcal vines and creepers
of the jungle find their favorite sup
port with the huge proportions Of the
cinchona tree, loading It down in endless
hues and varieties, rendering 1t a task
Of endless trouble to the keen-eyed hunter
in locating the sought-for prize. The
ajoupas, or camp shacks, are sometimes
located directly under towering Gin
chona without it's presence being sus-
pected.
Since 1898 the medical properties Of the
cinchona tree have been known, and It
was about the time that the Countess of
Chinchon. wife of the Viceroy of Peru
took the powdered bark for tertian ague,
on the recommendation of the Corregidor
of LoXa, and was cured. It was from this
incident that al the quinine- bearing trees
were named "chinchona," in honor Of
the countess OF late years the first "h"
has been dropped from the word, and It
O. universally written cinchona. The
Jesuit priests scattered over Peru heard
OF It's wonderful virtues, and parcels Of
IL were forwarded to Rome. whence the
Cardinal de Lugo distributed IL through
out Europe. For a long period the drug
circulated under the title of Jesuits' bark
and Cardinal powder. Protestants de-
nOunced its use, but the bark won it,
way INTO general FAVOR, oVerthroWing all
prejudice. In 1920 the French chemists.
Pelletier and Caventon, made the inn
provements I'm connection with the bark
as IL Is now used. and from that date IT'S
place IN the category Of valuable medl-
cincs has been recognized and assured.
The life Of a cascarillcro rs one Of peril.
constant toll and incessant hardship. But
II ~ his livelihood, and, with hungry
mouths 10 feed the poor but fearless native
cuts loose from his wretched mountain
habitatlon of bark. bidding his dusky FAM
ily circle farewell not knowing whether
he will ever meet them alive again or not.
Little does the consumer Of the drug.
who purchases n within the portals Of
some luxurious establishment. realize the
danger and suffering Involved in procuring
the powder soon 90 be- taken 20 lightly ~
carelresiy for some real on faneied trouble
Tho hunter plunges reHOlutely INTO the
dark and mighty forest striking well
known trails. which lead far beyond the