THE INTERESTING DISCOVERY OF QUININE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVI, Issue 14912, 3 December 1912, Page 5

THE INTERESTING DISCOVERY OF QUININE.

Quite an interesting story is attached to the discovery of tiie mediciaal value of Quinine, obtained from the hark of the Cinchona Tree of tho South American Andes. In tho year VJ93, tho Countess of Cinchon (wife of the then Viceroy of Peru) was journeying across these remote mountain ranges, ard foil seriously ill. While seeking ;.hada. and rest beneath a tree, the Countess (after whom the Cinchona tree as named) .drank frequently from a into which lar-ge pieces of the lvee : s bark had fallen. She was agraebaly surprised to lind that the water possessed very powerful medicinal prcj erties, and that it was rapidly cur.ng her of her sickness. She continued to take this strangely-found natural :ouic, and was soon,cured. Before leaving this spot, the Countess's party made investigations, and arrived at the c>nahision that the bark of he tree, which had been soaking in the pool, had given the water these peculiar ,curative pov> ers. Large quantities of ' the bark were thereupon gathered and convoyod to Europe by the party, and so tne medical fraternity of the civilised countries came to bo acquainted with ■'Ls Chinchona Bark, now so valuable thionghout the world to doctors and chemists, One of the chief ingredients of Baxter's famous Compound-Quinine Tills is Quinine (from Cinchona Bark) as' the namo implies, and this fact, coupled with the other powerful ingredients, is the reason why these pills so u lfaili.igly cure.- The yarious ingre dibits are scientifically compounded, and the Pills are invaluable for the treatment and cure of Indigestion, Liver Troubles, and their attendant symptoms. All Indigestion and Livsr sufferers should try these renowned Pills. Price Is (d box at chemists and stores throughout New Zealand. Start a course how—von'll | he permanently cured.