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  • 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.
  • A map of Paraguay and surrounding area, illustrating where cinchona (quinine) was allegedly first discovered in 1626(?). Etching by D.V. Rossi.
  • A cross-section through a mill which pulverises quinine bark, S. Spirito, Sassia hospital Rome, c. 1640. Coloured drawing by C. Rossi, 1930.
  • 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 (?).
  • 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 (?).
  • Tigridia pavonia (L.f.)DC. Iridaceae Distribution: Peru. These colourful, tulip-like flowers were named by De Candolle for Joseph (José) Pavón Jiménez (1754-1840), the Spanish pharmacist/botanist who accompanied Hipólito Ruiz and Joseph Dombey on their epic botanising in Peru and Chile (1777-1788) in search of quinine and medicinal plants. On the 8th April 1777, King Carlos III of Spain gave permission for the three botanists and two artists to travel from Spain to America to study the flora of Peru and Chile, then Spanish dominions. Initially around Lima, and then further afield, they collected plants which their artists painted
  • Hydrangea quercifolia W.Bartram Hydrangeaceae. Oak-leaved hydrangea. Distribution: South-eastern United States. Beta-dichroine a quinazolinone also called febrifugine from the leaves of hydrangeas is 64-100 times more potent than quinine as an antimalarial in animals, but extremely toxic. A synthesised tolyl derivative, methaqualone (2-methyl-3-o-tolyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone), was found to be a mild hypnotic, and marketed in the sleeping tablet, Mandrax. Widely abused and quickly banned by most countries. Illegal manufacture continues and in South Africa methaqualone is the commonest drug of abuse, mixed with cannabis and smoked. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.
  • Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.
  • A woman riding a horse uses a bottle of China-Rossi tonic as a whip. Colour lithograph by RB (?), 19--.
  • A map of the area of Villcabamba, Ecuador, illustrated with buildings, rivers, people, animals and flowering plants and trees. Watercolour.
  • Tonic wines ephemera. Box 1.
  • Tonic wines ephemera. Box 1.
  • Tonic wines ephemera. Box 1.
  • Duckworth & Co. : Old Trafford Essence Distillery Chester Road, Manchester 16.
  • M0001605: Photograph of two men in the bough of a cinchona tree using a pulley to collect cinchona seeds
  • M0001605: Photograph of two men in the bough of a cinchona tree using a pulley to collect cinchona seeds
  • M0001605: Photograph of two men in the bough of a cinchona tree using a pulley to collect cinchona seeds
  • M0001605: Photograph of two men in the bough of a cinchona tree using a pulley to collect cinchona seeds
  • M0001605: Photograph of two men in the bough of a cinchona tree using a pulley to collect cinchona seeds
  • M0001605: Photograph of two men in the bough of a cinchona tree using a pulley to collect cinchona seeds
  • M0001605: Photograph of two men in the bough of a cinchona tree using a pulley to collect cinchona seeds
  • M0001605: Photograph of two men in the bough of a cinchona tree using a pulley to collect cinchona seeds
  • Specimens of cinchona peruviana.
  • The conclave of physicians, detecting their intrigues, frauds, and plots, against their patients. Also a peculiar discourse of the Jesuits bark: the history thereof, with its true use, and abuse. Moreover, a narrative of an eminent case in physick / By Gideon Harvey.
  • Episodes in the history of cinchona 2: the countess of Chinchón takes cinchona. Oil painting.
  • Cod liver oil emulsion with hypophosphites : perfect, inseparable, & palatable : gold medal, Rio de Janeiro, 1909 ... / Baiss Brothers & Stevenson Limited.
  • Cod liver oil emulsion with hypophosphites : perfect, inseparable, & palatable : gold medal, Rio de Janeiro, 1909 ... / Baiss Brothers & Stevenson Limited.