Original preparation of quinine
- maker:
- Jean Bienaime Caventou and
- Pierre Joseph Pelletier
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From left to right: A182555, Original preparation of quinine hydrochloride by Pelletier, 1810-1840. A182561, Original
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From left to right: A182555, Original preparation of quinine hydrochloride by Pelletier, 1810-1840. A182561, Original
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton, 1820
In 1820, Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788-1842), a French chemist, and Joseph Caventou (1795-1877), a French pharmacist, isolated quinine and extracted it from cinchona bark. Cinchona had long been used to treat fevers, most notably malaria. Quinine is what makes the bark so effective as a treatment for the disease. This preparation was made by Pelletier and Caventou and was collected by Captain Peter Johnston-Saint, one of Henry Wellcome’s agents, in 1934. It is shown here with similar examples (A182555 and A182556).
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- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Object Number:
- A182561
- Materials:
- bottle, glass, cover, plastic
- type:
- bottle
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- container - receptacle
- vessel
- credit:
- Behal
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