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John S. Sappington (1776-1856) was an American physician known for developing a quinine pill to treat malarial and other fever diseases in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys, where the disease was widespread. He later used the pill to prevent malaria.
Parthenium integrifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names wild quinine, American feverfew, and eastern feverfew. It is native to the eastern and midwestern United States.
Bromo Quinine were brand name cold tablets containing quinine, manufactured by Grove Laboratories. They were first marketed in 1889 and available until at least the 1960s. [72] Conducting research in central Missouri, John S. Sappington independently developed an anti-malaria pill from quinine. Sappington began importing cinchona bark from Peru ...
The original etymology of the species name caffra is related to kaffir, an ethnic slur used towards black people in Africa.At the July 2024 International Botanical Congress, a vote was held with the result that "caffra" related names will be amended to afra related ones, with this being implemented at the end of July 2024.
Parthenium integrifolium L. – American feverfew, wild quinine - from TX to MA + MN; Parthenium ligulatum (M.E. Jones) Barneby – Colorado feverfew - CO UT; Parthenium rollinsianum Rzed. - San Luis Potosí; Parthenium schottii Greenm. ex Millsp. & Chase - Yucatán; Parthenium tomentosum DC. - Oaxaca, Puebla
In 1826, Marmaduke married Lavinia Sappington, the daughter of Dr. John and Jane Sappington. Her father became a prominent pioneer physician of Saline County, who was later known for his development of a patent medicine, a quinine pill used to treat malaria and other fevers. He manufactured "fever pills" that incorporated quinine and sold them ...
Jesuit's bark, also known as cinchona bark, Peruvian bark or China bark, is a former remedy for malaria, as the bark contains quinine used to treat the disease. [1] The bark of several species of the genus Cinchona , family Rubiaceae indigenous to the western Andes of South America, was introduced to Jesuit missionaries during the 17th century ...
It describes how mankind's discovery, usage and trade of sugar, tea, cotton, the potato, and quinine have influenced history to make the modern world. In the second edition of the book, Seeds of Change: Six Plants that Transformed Mankind , he adds the coca plant to the list.