A Singular Remedy: Cinchona Across the Atlantic World, 1751-1820

ISBN-13: 9781108816335 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 254 str.

Stefanie (Universitat Heidelberg) Ganger

Opis

Innovative exploration of how medical knowledge was shared between and across diverse societies tied to the Atlantic World around 1800.

Recenzje

'a valuable resource for those examining early modern trade, empire, medicine, and ideas from a range of methods or disciplines … Given the success of the approach in A Singular Remedy, the lessons deserve to be applied elsewhere.' Zachary Dorner, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

Spis treści

Introduction. A singular remedy; I.1 The outlines of cinchona; I.2 An appraisal of the historiography; I.3 Book structure; 1. Origin stories; 1.1 Unalienable truths; 1.2 Botanists by instinct; 1.3 Illiterate saviours; 2. The demands of humanity; 2.1 World bark trade; 2.2 Geographies of consumption; 2.3 Limits to distribution; 3. Community of practice; 3.1 'Proper evacuations'; 3.2 Preparations of the bark; 3.3 Proprietary medicines; 4. Febrile situations; 4.1 Marshes and wetlands; 4.2 Cities, ships and camps; 4.3 'Hot climates'; 5. Harvests of change; 5.1 The growth regions; 5.2 The spectre of extinction; 5.3 The bark cutters; Conclusion. A plant of the world.