Malaria

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Cinchona Bark

Taken from trees native to the Andean region of South America, this bark was ground into powder and mixed with wine to counter its bitter taste. The quinine in the bark was the only known remedy for malaria, a disastrous disease that plagued the New World upon the arrival of European seafarers.

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