Pharmacy, quina and quinine in Portugal, 18th-20th centuries

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Autor(a) principal: Cabral, Célia
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Pereira, Ana-Leonor, Pita, João Rui
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Circumscribere
Texto Completo: https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/25686
Resumo: Quina and quinine played a considerable role in European pharmacy and medicine, becoming a relevant object of botanical, chemical and therapeutic studies, in addition to their commercial and industrial interest. In the present paper we analyze the introduction of quina and quinine into the scientific literature, 18th- and 19th-century pharmacopoeias in particular. We begin by a study case on the use of quina at Teaching Hospital of University the Coimbra at the turn of the 19th century. Next we discuss the isolation of cinchonine in Portugal and the polemics to which it gave rise among scientists from Coimbra and Lisbon (1810-1812), as well as several of the most relevant studies of quina and quinine conducted in Portugal at the turn of the 20th centuries. Finally, we approach the problems posed by the cultivation of cinchona plants and quinine extraction in the former Portuguese colonies, particularly the errors that led to the end of the quinine extraction industry in Portugal. 
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spelling Pharmacy, quina and quinine in Portugal, 18th-20th centuriesQuina and quinine played a considerable role in European pharmacy and medicine, becoming a relevant object of botanical, chemical and therapeutic studies, in addition to their commercial and industrial interest. In the present paper we analyze the introduction of quina and quinine into the scientific literature, 18th- and 19th-century pharmacopoeias in particular. We begin by a study case on the use of quina at Teaching Hospital of University the Coimbra at the turn of the 19th century. Next we discuss the isolation of cinchonine in Portugal and the polemics to which it gave rise among scientists from Coimbra and Lisbon (1810-1812), as well as several of the most relevant studies of quina and quinine conducted in Portugal at the turn of the 20th centuries. Finally, we approach the problems posed by the cultivation of cinchona plants and quinine extraction in the former Portuguese colonies, particularly the errors that led to the end of the quinine extraction industry in Portugal. Centro Simão Mathias de Estudos em História da Ciência2015-12-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionHistorical Inquiryapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/25686Circumscribere International Journal for the History of Science; Vol. 16 (2015); 138-153Circumscribere International Journal for the History of Science; v. 16 (2015); 138-1531980-7651reponame:Circumscribereinstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)instacron:PUC_SPenghttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/25686/18605Cabral, CéliaPereira, Ana-LeonorPita, João Ruiinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2017-10-25T01:12:04Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/25686Revistahttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhcPRIhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/oai||circumhc@pucsp.br1980-76511980-7651opendoar:2017-10-25T01:12:04Circumscribere - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)false
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title Pharmacy, quina and quinine in Portugal, 18th-20th centuries
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title_short Pharmacy, quina and quinine in Portugal, 18th-20th centuries
title_full Pharmacy, quina and quinine in Portugal, 18th-20th centuries
title_fullStr Pharmacy, quina and quinine in Portugal, 18th-20th centuries
title_full_unstemmed Pharmacy, quina and quinine in Portugal, 18th-20th centuries
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author Cabral, Célia
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Pereira, Ana-Leonor
Pita, João Rui
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Pita, João Rui
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Pereira, Ana-Leonor
Pita, João Rui
description Quina and quinine played a considerable role in European pharmacy and medicine, becoming a relevant object of botanical, chemical and therapeutic studies, in addition to their commercial and industrial interest. In the present paper we analyze the introduction of quina and quinine into the scientific literature, 18th- and 19th-century pharmacopoeias in particular. We begin by a study case on the use of quina at Teaching Hospital of University the Coimbra at the turn of the 19th century. Next we discuss the isolation of cinchonine in Portugal and the polemics to which it gave rise among scientists from Coimbra and Lisbon (1810-1812), as well as several of the most relevant studies of quina and quinine conducted in Portugal at the turn of the 20th centuries. Finally, we approach the problems posed by the cultivation of cinchona plants and quinine extraction in the former Portuguese colonies, particularly the errors that led to the end of the quinine extraction industry in Portugal. 
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