Fiammetta Rocco: 1 book

Book cover of The Miraculous Fever-Tree: Malaria, Medicine and the Cure that Changed the World (Text Only)
by Fiammetta Rocco
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012

A rich and wonderful history of quinine – the cure for malaria. In the summer of 1623, ten cardinals and hundreds of their attendants, engaged in electing a new Pope, died from the 'mal'aria' or 'bad air' of the Roman marshes. Their choice, Pope Urban VIII, determined that a cure should be found...
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