DISERTATIO INAUGURALIS 
MEDICA 
DE 
CORTICIS PERUVIANI 
MODO OPERANDI. 
§ I- 
C ORTEX PERUVlANUS vel CHINA CHINFT e(l cor- conkis 
ctx arboris cajusdam in America ^ fpeciarim in ejus Regno 
Per;^ ,hujiisque Provinci’a,g^>/i?,in montibus non procul ab urbe 
LoxayZi^ictnns & ab incolis vslGannaferis vocatae^ 
§• II. 
Variis bic cortex gaudet nominibus, (cilicervocaturChina synonyra™ 
de China, China Chinae , Kinkina , Kinakina , Kinaquina, 
China Kanna, Qiiina quina, Corux Indicus, Cortex America- 
nus, Cortex Sinenfis , Cortex Febrilis aut febrifugus, Cor- 
tex Antiquanius 5 Cortex Patrum , Pulvis Cardinalis deLugo, 
lignum de Lima ,Carcarilla de Oja, Pulvis Comitiilk , Hifpanis 
Palo deCalenturas, hoc efl: lignum febrium, Germanice Pe- 
ruvianifcljC^ Americani jcl}CTndiani[cl)eS'Kbcr^ 9 tinDvV 3 ubcrChina 
§'. III. 
Ut hiftoriam hujus corticis etiam paucis tradam, harc c. p. MftoiU 
eft : Virtus ejus Febrifuga jam pridem o!im Indis , Regni 
Peruani incolis innotuit, verum, quamvis Chrifloph* Colum- 
bus hanc mundi plagam 'Anno 149^; jam .detexerit, hos ta- 
men remedium ab' Indis, ex odio erga Europaeos prn:fcrtim 
A 2 Hirpanos 
