DEATH OF THE DISCOVERER OF QUININE.
The death of the discoverer of quinine—the well-known chemist, M. Caventon, honorary President of the Academy of Medicine—-has just occurred, at the age of eighty-three, comparatively juvenile in these days of centenarians, a couple of whom, with a few extra years to spare, have just departed this life, of which they had, doubtless, had quite enough. Much attention has lately been directed, in this part of the world, to the virtues of the febrifuge obtained by immersion from the leaves of a Peruvian shrub called the coca, and which is declared by its friends to possess all the tonic and febrifuge qualities of quinine, without the heavy drawbacks attendant on the use of the latter. The new remedy is admistered under the form of a wine or of a liqueur, and is found to act with remarkable efficacy on the larynx, for which reason this product, called after name of the inventor, M. Marianis, is in great request among singers and orators.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5197, 17 November 1877, Page 1 (Supplement)
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168DEATH OF THE DISCOVERER OF QUININE. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5197, 17 November 1877, Page 1 (Supplement)
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