The Miraculous Fever-Tree: Malaria, Medicine and the Cure that Changed the World 9780007392797

A rich and wonderful history of quinine – the cure for malaria. In the summer of 1623, ten cardinals and hundreds of the

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The Miraculous Fever-Tree: Malaria, Medicine and the Cure that Changed the World
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