The Miraculous Fever-Tree
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (602 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0006532357 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Fiammetta Rocco is the literary editor of the Economist.
The Miraculous Fever-Tree: Malaria, Medicine and the Cure that Changed the World K. J. Kalin Well-written and very interesting. I didn't know that malaria was such a problem in Europe, especially around Rome. It was even a big problem in England, which I never thought of as a malarial area. I can recommend this book very highly.I thought the Kindle edition was well-done. I haven't seen the "real" book, and the Kindle book was listed as "text only" so I'm not sure if there are maps and photos or illustrations in the hardback. That did delay my purchase of the Kindle edition. I had no navigational problems with it and the text was pretty much typo-free.
A rich and wonderful history of quinine – the cure for malaria.In the summer of 1623, ten cardinals and hundreds of their attendants, engaged in electing a new Pope, died from the 'mal'aria' or 'bad air' of the Roman marshes. It turned back many of the travellers who explored west Africa and brought the building of the Panama Canal to a standstill. When, after a thousand years, a cure was finally found, Europe's Protestants, among them Oliver Cromwell, who suffered badly from malaria, feared it was nothing more than a Popish poison. Malaria badly weakened the Roman Empire. Be
Many have tried to tell this tale, and it is a testament to Rocco's flair and sheer hard work that she has found new things to say' Gail Vines, Independent'Fiammetta Rocco's wonderfully elegant book, drawing on previously undiscovered documents, attacks its subject as hungrily as a mosquito detecting its next meal' Philip Blackmore, Catholic Herald. 'This engrossing, beautifully crafted history is a parable for our times, I believe, underscoring the foolishness of men, with some rare exceptions, and the munificence of Nature' Adrian Hartley, Spectator'Absorbing and superbly researched' Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times'A fascinating account of quinine's key role in the making of the modern world