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  • The imaginary castle of the Countess of Chinchon, where cinchona (quinine) was allegedly discovered. Watercolour.
  • A cinchona (quinine) nursery, India (?): planted in rows on a mountainside. Photograph, 1910/1920 (?).
  • The Munsong cinchona plantation, Kalimpong, Bengal, India: Cinchona succirubra trees (used in production of the anti-malarial drug quinine); a plantation worker stands in front of the trees holding a large container. Photograph, 1905/1920 (?).
  • A cinchona (used to produce the anti-malarial drug quinine) exploration camp in an Indian (?) forest. Photograph, 1905/1920 (?).
  • The Munsong cinchona plantation, Kalimpong, Bengal, India: scraping cinchona bark (used to produce the anti-malarial drug quinine) from a tree; an Indian man in a turban and an Indian boy. Photograph, 1905/1920 (?).
  • A map of Paraguay and surrounding area, illustrating where cinchona (quinine) was allegedly first discovered in 1626(?). Etching by D.V. Rossi.
  • Episodes in the history of cinchona 1: the count of Chinchón receives the febrifuge from his native servant. Oil painting.
  • Episodes in the history of cinchona 2: the countess of Chinchón takes cinchona. Oil painting.
  • Episodes in the history of cinchona 2: the countess of Chinchón takes cinchona. Oil painting.
  • Episodes in the history of cinchona 2: the countess of Chinchón takes cinchona. Oil painting.
  • The gathering and drying of cinchona bark in a Peruvian forest. Wood engraving, by C. Laplante, c. 1867, after Faguet.
  • Sowing cinchona seeds in a nursery bed, Munsong plantation.
  • Episodes in the history of cinchona 3: Cardinal de Lugo orders the use of cinchona in the hospital of Santo Spirito, Rome. Oil painting.
  • A map of the area of Villcabamba, Ecuador, illustrated with buildings, rivers, people, animals and flowering plants and trees. Watercolour.
  • Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
  • Sir W. Denison and others planting the first quinine tree in the Neilgherry hills, India. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862.
  • Sir W. Denison and others planting the first quinine tree in the Neilgherry hills, India. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862.
  • Sir W. Denison and others planting the first quinine tree in the Neilgherry hills, India. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862.