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Quinine: Malaria and the Quest for a Cure That Changed the World (Reprint Edition) by Fiammetta Rocco Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-06-095900-2 / 0060959002 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-095900-5 / 9780060959005 Quinine: The Jesuits discovered it. The Protestants feared it. The British vied with the Dutch for it, and the Nazis seized it. Because of quinine, medicine, warfare, and exploration were changed forever. For more than one thousand years, there was no cure for malaria. In 1623, after ten cardinals a |