The MIRACULOUS FEVER TREE.

作者: Fiammetta Rocco 著

出版社: HarperCollins

出版时间: 2003-08

ISBN: 9780060199517

定价: 233.10

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 368页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

"Cinchonarevolutionizedtheartofmedicineasprofoundlyasgunpowderhadtheartofwar."--BernardinoRamazzini,PhysiciantotheDukeofModena,Operaomnia,medica,etphysica,1716Inthesummerof1623,tencardinalsandhundredsoftheirattendantsdiedinRomewhileelectinganewpope.TheRomanmarshfeverthatfelledthemwasthescourgeoftheMediterranean,northernEuropeandevenAmerica.Malaria,nowknownasadiseaseofthetropics,badlyweakenedtheRomanEmpire.ItkilledthousandsofBritishtroopsfightingNapoleonin1809andmanysoldiersonbothsidesoftheAmericanCivilWar.ItturnedbacktravelersexploringWestAfricainthenineteenthcenturyandbroughtthebuildingofthePanamaCanaltoastandstill.Eventoday,malariakillssomeoneeverythirtyseconds.Formorethanonethousandyears,therewasnocureforit.PopeUrbanVIII,electedduringthemalarialsummerof1623,wasdeterminedthatacureshouldbefound.HeencouragedJesuitpriestsestablishingnewmissionsinAsiaandinSouthAmericatolearneverythingtheycouldfromthepeoplestheyencountered.InPeruayoungapothecaristnamedAgostinoSalumbrinoestablishedanextensivenetworkofpharmaciesthatkepttheJesuitmissionsinSouthAmericaandEuropesuppliedwithmedicines.In1631SalumbrinodispatchedanewmiracletoRome.Thecurewasquinine,analkaloidmadeofthebitterredbarkofthecinchonatree.Europe'sProtestants,amongthemOliverCromwell,whosufferedbadlyfrommalaria,fearedthatthenewcurewasnothingbutaPopishpoison.Morethananypreviousmedicine,though,quinineforcedphysicianstochangetheirideasaboutillness.Beforelong,itwouldchangethefaceofWesternmedicine.Yethowwasitthatpriestsintheearlyseventeenthcentury?whodidnotknowwhatmalariawasorhowitwastransmitted?discoveredthatthebarkofatreethatgrewinthefoothillsoftheAndescouldcureadiseasethatoccurredonlyontheothersideoftheocean?UsingfreshresearchfromtheVaticanandtheIndianarchivesinSeville,aswellasdocumentsshediscoveredinPeru,award-winningauthorFiammettaRoccochroniclestheravagesofthedisease;thequestofthethreeEnglishmenwhosmuggledcinchonaseedsoutofSouthAmerica;thewayinwhichquinineopenedthedoortoWesternimperialadventureinAsia,Africaandbeyond;andhow,eventoday,quininegrownintheeasternCongostillsavesthelivesofsomanysufferingfrommalaria. FiammettaRoccowasraisedinKenya.Hergrandfather,herfatherandsheherselfallsufferedfrommalaria.Ms.Rocco'sinvestigativejournalismhaswonanumberofawardsintheUnitedStatesandinBritain.ShelivesinLondon,wheresheistheliteraryeditoroftheEconomist.Thisisherfirstbook.
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"Cinchonarevolutionizedtheartofmedicineasprofoundlyasgunpowderhadtheartofwar."--BernardinoRamazzini,PhysiciantotheDukeofModena,Operaomnia,medica,etphysica,1716Inthesummerof1623,tencardinalsandhundredsoftheirattendantsdiedinRomewhileelectinganewpope.TheRomanmarshfeverthatfelledthemwasthescourgeoftheMediterranean,northernEuropeandevenAmerica.Malaria,nowknownasadiseaseofthetropics,badlyweakenedtheRomanEmpire.ItkilledthousandsofBritishtroopsfightingNapoleonin1809andmanysoldiersonbothsidesoftheAmericanCivilWar.ItturnedbacktravelersexploringWestAfricainthenineteenthcenturyandbroughtthebuildingofthePanamaCanaltoastandstill.Eventoday,malariakillssomeoneeverythirtyseconds.Formorethanonethousandyears,therewasnocureforit.PopeUrbanVIII,electedduringthemalarialsummerof1623,wasdeterminedthatacureshouldbefound.HeencouragedJesuitpriestsestablishingnewmissionsinAsiaandinSouthAmericatolearneverythingtheycouldfromthepeoplestheyencountered.InPeruayoungapothecaristnamedAgostinoSalumbrinoestablishedanextensivenetworkofpharmaciesthatkepttheJesuitmissionsinSouthAmericaandEuropesuppliedwithmedicines.In1631SalumbrinodispatchedanewmiracletoRome.Thecurewasquinine,analkaloidmadeofthebitterredbarkofthecinchonatree.Europe'sProtestants,amongthemOliverCromwell,whosufferedbadlyfrommalaria,fearedthatthenewcurewasnothingbutaPopishpoison.Morethananypreviousmedicine,though,quinineforcedphysicianstochangetheirideasaboutillness.Beforelong,itwouldchangethefaceofWesternmedicine.Yethowwasitthatpriestsintheearlyseventeenthcentury?whodidnotknowwhatmalariawasorhowitwastransmitted?discoveredthatthebarkofatreethatgrewinthefoothillsoftheAndescouldcureadiseasethatoccurredonlyontheothersideoftheocean?UsingfreshresearchfromtheVaticanandtheIndianarchivesinSeville,aswellasdocumentsshediscoveredinPeru,award-winningauthorFiammettaRoccochroniclestheravagesofthedisease;thequestofthethreeEnglishmenwhosmuggledcinchonaseedsoutofSouthAmerica;thewayinwhichquinineopenedthedoortoWesternimperialadventureinAsia,Africaandbeyond;andhow,eventoday,quininegrownintheeasternCongostillsavesthelivesofsomanysufferingfrommalaria.
作者简介:
FiammettaRoccowasraisedinKenya.Hergrandfather,herfatherandsheherselfallsufferedfrommalaria.Ms.Rocco'sinvestigativejournalismhaswonanumberofawardsintheUnitedStatesandinBritain.ShelivesinLondon,wheresheistheliteraryeditoroftheEconomist.Thisisherfirstbook.

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