Packet of quinine powder, as sold in post offices in India, 1890-1900
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. Quinine was used as a treatment for malaria because of its fever reducing and pain relieving qualities.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A654789
- Measurements:
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overall: 1 mm x 63 mm x 38 mm, .0005 kg
- type:
- packets, pharmacy (containers) and pharmacy (drugs)
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
