Some persons are very easily influenced by Quinine and Cinchonism is the name given to the condition induced by its excessive use. Empyema; gastric debility; anemia and debility from chronic suppuration; afternoon febrile conditions; weakness, with pale surface, loss of appetite, feeble digestion, and deficient recuperative powers.The period of the discovery of the medicinal properties of cinchona, is unknown.
The variety most used for making galenical preparations is the cultivated red cinchona.”EUROPEAN HISTORY OF CINCHONA. Cinchona derives its name from the Countess of Cinchon of Peru, who was cured of a fever by its agency. ; also as an injection with opium, when the stomach rejects it; the powdered bark, placed between muslin, and held in place by sewing it in cross-bars, the same as in quilting, making medicated jackets, to be worn in contact with the body, has been of utility in obstinate intermittents. In: Seawards MRD, FitzGerald SMD, eds. From that time cinchona, under its various names, became an article of commerce throughout Europe .An adaptogen may possess normalising action irrespective of the direction of the foregoing pathological changes.Each dose contains two grains of Quinine. It is the article upon which reliance has to a great extent been placed for two hundred years, during which time it has gained the confidence of physicians and secured a reputation in the treatment of diseases assuming periodicity which no other article now enjoys.“And this is in manner the Sum of all, which I have hitherto known concerning the Cure of Diseases, viz. Always get this condition before prescribing the remedy, and you will never be disappointed in its action.Sig.- Give a teaspoonful three times a day, the last dose being given at bedtime.Quite different in tone, and more effective, is the argument of the staunch supporter of cinchona, Dr. Thomas Dydenham, in “The Whole Works,” 1715. That the Jesuits were not less active is demonstrated by the fact that Cardinal de Lugo, *15 Attorney-General of the order of Jesuits ( Rome ), began “the distribution of cinchona to the indigent sick.” Thus, to use the words of Markham, P. 14, “It was a ludicrous result of its patronage by the Jesuits, that its use should have been for a long time opposed by Protestants, and favored by Roman Catholics.”Another alkaloid of Cinchona is Sulphate of Cinchonidine. Zonation pattern, succession process and invasion by aliens in species-poor insular vegetation of the Galapagos Islands.
Economic aspects of exploitations of medicinal plants. Triturate Quinine twenty grains with Sulphate of Morphine one grain; divide and put into ten capsules, and give one every three hours. Let us present briefly the record.As a therapeutic agents, the cinchona is mostly employed in cases of debility, unattended with local irratation.
Some fabulous stories are mentioned concerning it, but we have no reliable information as to when, or how it was discovered.
This same Don Lopez, on learning of the illness of the Countess, in Lima , 1638, *13 sent the Jesuits’ bark to her physician, Dr. Juan de Vega, who cured her of the disease.
It is the bark of the Cinchona trees, which grow in great abundance in South America .
In others minute doses of arsenic antagonizes the malarial poison.
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Factional, as well as personal, were the disputes over its value or harmfulness. In: Sherley G, tech. CABI is a registered EU trademark.Purseglove JW, 1968. Herbaceous and ericaceous communities in the highlands of Santa Cruz, the Galápagos Islands.
Cinchona work in Ecuador by Richard Spruce, and by United States botanists in the 1940s. Journal of Field Ornithology, 74(2):136-140Hamann O, 1974. The only species then, which botanically speaking, still remained unknown in Europe , were those growing in the vast extent of country extending southward. London:Longmans, Green & Co.Ltd., 225-236Nino J, Espinal CM, Mosquera OM, Correa YM, 2003. Preliminary studies on the effect of Nigerian "bloodwort" on experimentally induced liver damage. Delirium and convulsions may supervene as if the patient were under the effects of alcohol.Sydenham makes the following historical contribution as regards the introduction of cinchona into England (p. 224):“JESUITS’ BARK.” It is generally accepted that cinchona owes its introduction to the Jesuit missionaries to South America , from whom it took the name “Jesuits’ Bark.” It also received the name “cinchona” from the Countess of Chinchon, who in Peru , through the agency of the Jesuits, had by its means been cured of a fever. There were also two young trees bearing capsules. SPANISH : Cascarilla, Cascarilla amarga (Bolivia), Cascarilla gallingo, Cascarilla gallinzo (Bolivia), Cinchona, Corteza de quina, Quina roja, Quinina roja, Varona. The temperature is slightly increased and all the functions of the body are improved, but if there is irritability of the stomach and digestive organs Quinine increases it.