aug 20, 1630 - Quinine Used By Jesuit Missionaries To Handle Malaria

Description:

Used by others for far longer, it is noted that this name for the anti-malaria drug derived from the cinchona tree's bark is from it's use in 1630 by the missionaries in South America. It is still used today.

Added to timeline:

Disease Through History: Important Points in Human Civilization As Told Through Illness

ByReiko C Usami

14 Dec 2018

1592

Date:

aug 20, 1630

Now

~ 395 years ago