The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-27
Quinine Is Obsolete.

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cure.
Quinine Is Obsolete.
or all colors used IN experiments so
Tar the best results are from that pr5-
duced with medicinal methyIene blue
1t has distinct huorescent effect on
the blood which checks the growth OF
maiarial parasites The success Of this
remedy has been 50 marked In the past
year that South American physicians
have practically determined 10 substi-
tute II altogether for quinine IL not
only proves 20 be a much more effec-
tive and rapid cure, but it apparently
has none OF the IN effects that frequent
~ follow the use OF the more powerful
drug.
II is thought that the fate OF ouinine
VIII be that OF a large number Of neai-
clnes upon which physicians have i'm
pllcitly relied for many years. That.
many Of these remedies have absolutely.
or partially failed 10 effect cures in the
past has not OccasiOned an abandon
ment OF them for the simple reason thar
TO better medicine could be found ia
take their place. And vet there are
remedies that have been put 10 differ
ent uses which would have checked and
cured certain diseases II their fun value
hdd been realized by earlier practitiop-
ers
Aaiarlal fever has been the curse Of
many countries since the commencement
OF history, In the DAYS of In7nari.I
Rome italy was scOurged by II and no
Dies as well as peasants feu victims h.
Iofe the pestilence which slew irs tens
or thousands. Today the AVERAGE ~
mortality in Italy is about Is 03 escb
year and she number OF those who s,,r-
Ter from the fever in milder forms A.
nearly two million. II Is no wonder
then. that Italian physicians devote i
large part Of their time 10 the study of
proper methods to fight the malady.
South Americans Adopt New Remedy
By curious turn Of events "a couptr-,
OF South America IN the seventeenth
century FURNISHED 10 the old world The
only remedy for the fever mat 60
10 check its ravages In the last fev
months South American physicians foI-
lowing the lead OF italian scientists
have cured their patients with a renee.
whose value was discovered by tn
practitioners of the Old World and
which promises 20 relegate uininc 10
Quinine is a specific disinfectine sub
stance OF malarial blood Its value as a
remedy was discovered quite By acct
dent The Indians Of Peru drank ,be
waters OF springs which dubbed out of
the groundsin the neighborhood Of Gin
chona trees and found them 10 contain
properties Of curing the so-called eli
matte fevers. The Jesuit missionaries
Investigated the springs and found that
the waters We're being lmpregnated bv
The bark OF the trees growing. near
They dried the bark and reduced Il - "a
powder, which came into use In other
South American countries.
The powder became known i'm the oid
World through the Countess del chin
ehon. wife Of the viceroy OF Peru. wbo
suffered from maIarisI fever I'm 1ess az
Lima. and by the advice of the supreme
judge OF the courts or that city tried
the powdered Peruvian bark as "A rem
edy. Her physicians were opposed 40
IT, saying that il sav0red OF witchcraft
Wherefore the superior of the Jesuit
convent interviewed and blessed the pow /
der and the countess took a. and was /
cured as Al by magic.
Opposed by Physicians.
The remedy was introduced into Eu-
rope and was called Cinchona bark In 4
honor Of the countess. IL was also |
called Jesuits' bark after the Jesuit /
fathers who advised its use. Its success /
quickly became known. Nevertheless. |
thirty-two years later. Cardinal di