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Knkina; and quina quina, or quinquina 
On the recovery of th 
Countefs fhe diftributed a large quantity of the bark to the' Jefuits, 
■ r - hands it acquired ftill greater reputation, and by them it 
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ras firft introduced into Europe/ and thence called cortex, or pulvis 
jefuiticus, pulvis pat rum ; and alfo Cardinal de Lugo's powder, be 
caufe that charitable prelate bought a large quantity of it at a great 
expenfe for the ufe of the religious poor of Rome. 
" This bark is brought to us in pieces of different 
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rolled up into fhort thick quills, and others flat : the outfide 
brown ifn, and generally covered in part with a whitifh mofs : the 
infide is of a yellowkn reddifh or rutty iron colour. The befl fort 
breaks clofe and fmooth, and proves friable betwixt the teeth: the 
inferior kinds appear when broken of a woody texture, and in 
chewing Separate into fibres. The former pulverizes more eafily 
than the latter, and looks, when pow r dered, of a light brownifh co- 
lour, refembling that of cinnamon, or fomewhat paler. It has a 
flight fmell, approaching as it were to muftinefs, yet fo much of the 
aromatic kind as not to be difagreeable. Its tafte is considerably 
bitter, aftringent, very durable in the mouth, and accompanied with 
fome degree of aromatic warmth, but not Sufficient to prevent its 
being ungrateful. 
Befides this bark, that of feveral other fpecies of Cinchona have 
been recommended for medical ufe by different authors, efpecially 
the cortex peruvianus ruber, or red bark ; alfo that of the cinchona 
caribsea, or the Jamaica bark ; that of cinchona noribunda produced 
at St. Lucie ; and that of two or three other fpecies difcovered at 
Santa Fe. The firft of thefe " is in much larger and thicker pieces 
than the common, molt of the pieces are concave, though not rolled 
together like the quilled bark. They break Short, like the beft common 
bark, and appear evidently compofed of three layers. The outer is 
thin, rugged, frequently covered with a moffy fubftance, and of a 
reddifh brown colour, 
of a darker colour : it is 
layer is 
The middle is thicker, more compact, and 
brittle and reSinous, The innermoft 
more woody and fibrous, and of a brighter red. In pow- 
* Louis the fourteenth, when Dauphin, was Said to be ohe of the firft in Europe 
who experienced its efficacy. 
% Lewisy M.M*p»$S 
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