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Definition of Peruvian bark
1. Noun. Medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine.
Group relationships: Chinchona, Cinchona
Generic synonyms: Bark
Definition of Peruvian bark
1. Noun. Jesuit's bark ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Peruvian bark
1. A genus of rubiaceous south american trees that yields the toxic cinchona alkaloids from their bark; quinine, quinidine, chinconine, cinchonidine and others are used to treat malaria and cardiac arrhythmias. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peruvian Bark
Literary usage of Peruvian bark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1833)
"Hence, in this note to yourself, I say, that in my opinion the powdered Peruvian
bark had in my stomach about the same effect as an equal quantity of pine ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1800)
"... of the Red Peruvian bark, &c. by William Sounders, MD &c. &c. Experiment I.
TO an ounce of red bark, reduced to a fine powder, ..."
3. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1894)
"The Peruvian bark Controversy. ... that the conflicting opinions as to the benefit
of Peruvian bark in ague, which have been often cited in disparagement of ..."
4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"perhaps, the Peruvian bark is not the only specifick which those extensive regions
may afford us. " Wherever you are, and whatever be your fortune, ..."
5. Historical Records and Studies (1906)
"THE EARLY HISTORY OF Peruvian bark (QUININE) IN EUROPE. ... During the same year
the medical preparations obtained from Peruvian bark which were exported ..."
6. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"R. Decoction of Peruvian bark, eight ounces. Infusion of arnica flowers, six ounces.
Camphor, two scruples. Syrup of tolu, one ounce. ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Two hundred years ago the Italian professor of medicine Ramazzini said that the
introduction of Peruvian bark would be of the same importance to medicine ..."
8. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"The properties and preparations of the Peruvian bark have been already ...
or where the Peruvian bark has either failed, or- can- in duas partes ..."
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