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   Jesuit's bark

   Jesuit's Bark, also called Peruvian Bark, is the historical name of the most celebrated specific remedy for all forms of malaria. It is so named because it was obtained from the bark of several species of the genus Cinchona, of the order Rubiaceae, that have been discovered at different times and are indigenous in the Western Andes of South America and were first described and introduced by Jesuit priests who did missionary work in Peru.
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   Iva (genus)

   Iva is a genus of plants. ... Iva frutescens - Jesuit's bark
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   Bark (disambiguation)

   Bark is a general term for the outer layer of something. ... Jesuit's bark, a natural source of quinine for treating malaria.
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   Cinchona

   Cinchona is a genus of about 25 species in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical South America. ... Main article: Jesuit's bark
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   History of malaria

   The history of malaria predates humanity, as this ancient disease evolved before humans did. ... The use of the “fever tree” bark was introduced into European medicine by Jesuitical missionaries (Jesuit's bark).
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   Quinine

   Quinine (US: /ˈkwaɪnaɪn/, UK: /kwɪˈniːn, ˈkwɪniːn/) is a natural white crystalline alkaloid having antipyretic (fever-reducing), antimalarial, analgesic (painkilling), and anti-inflammatory properties and a bitter taste. ... Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón and Jesuit's bark, for the story of its introduction into Europe
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   Plant defense against herbivory

   Plant defense against herbivory or host-plant resistance (HPR) describes a range of adaptations evolved by plants which improve their survival and reproduction by reducing the impact of herbivores. ... Quinine is extremely bitter, making the bark of the tree quite unpalatable, it is also an anti-fever agent, known as Jesuit's bark, and is especially useful in treating malaria.
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   Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón

   Luis Jerónimo Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza, 4th Count of Chinchón (1589, Madrid—October 28, 1647, Madrid) was a Spanish nobleman and captain general and viceroy of Peru, from January 14, 1629 to December 18, 1639. ... See also Jesuit's bark.
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   Malaria prophylaxis

   The first treatment identified is thought to be Quinine, one of four alkaloids from the bark of the Cinchona tree. ... Seven years later the drug had reached Europe and was being used widely with the name ‘the Jesuit's bark’.
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    Viceroyalty of Peru

    Created in 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru (in Spanish, Virreinato del Perú) was a Spanish colonial administrative district that originally contained most of Spanish-ruled South America, governed from the capital of Lima. ... Jesuit Barnabé de Cobo (1582–1657), who explored Mexico and Peru, brought the cinchona bark from Lima to Spain in 1632, and afterwards to Rome and other parts of Italy.

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• Iva (genus),
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• Cinchona,
• History of malaria,
• Quinine,
• Plant defense against herbivory,
• Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón,
• Malaria prophylaxis,
• Viceroyalty of Peru

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