A map of Paraguay and surrounding area, illustrating where cinchona (quinine) was allegedly first discovered in 1626(?). Etching by D.V. Rossi.

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A map of Paraguay and surrounding area, illustrating where cinchona (quinine) was allegedly first discovered in 1626(?). Etching by D.V. Rossi. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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For history of quinine see further: A.W. Haggis, Furndamental errors in the early history of Cinchona, Bulletin of History of Medicine, 1941, no. 10, p. 568 and S. Jarcho, Quinine's predecessor - Francesco Torti and the early history of Cinchona, Baltimore and London 1993

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1 print : etching ; platemark 23.9 x 27.3 cm

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Carta esatta rappresentante il corso del fiume Paraguay ed i paesi ad esso vicini. D. Verem Rossi sc. Lettering is inscribed in pencil: "Chuquisaca le premier endroit de la diconvate de l' ecoice de china-china 1626? Good Crishamus by Dr. Rossi to M. Johnston S."

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