I said with enjoyment, 'I could certainly get you drunk in the wilderness, but actual gin would depend on juniper bushes, and tonic on chinchona trees for quinine, and I don't think they'd both grow in the same place, but you never know.'. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
Among others is the chinchona-tree, from which quinine is obtained. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
There are numerous species of chinchona, producing bark of greatly different values. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
Linnaeus chinchona, in memory of the great service the countess had rendered to the human race. From Wordnik.com. [On the Banks of the Amazon] Reference
The forests contain mahogany, lignum-vitæ, and the chinchona tree, from which quinine is made. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures, and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army. In Which Is Given Full Descriptions of the Numerous Battles in which She Participated as a Confederate Officer; of Her Perilous Performances as a Spy, as a Bearer of Despatches, as a Secret-Service Agent, and as a Blockade-Runner; of Her Adventures Behind the Scenes at Washington, including the Bond Swindle; of her Career as a Bounty and Substitute Broker in New York; of Her Travels in Europe and South America; Her Mining Adventures on the Pacific Slope; Her Residence among the Mormons; Her Love Affairs, Courtships, Marriages, &c., &c.] Reference
I should have mentioned that the chinchona trees surrounding us were very beautiful and graceful. From Wordnik.com. [On the Banks of the Amazon] Reference
In its crude form the bark of the chinchona tree had been used for its medical properties since times immemorial. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three)] Reference
Simplice, who had been watching with her, availed herself of this slumber to go and prepare a new potion of chinchona. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
Sister Simplice, who had been watching with her, availed herself of this slumber to go and prepare a new potion of chinchona. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables, Volume I, Fantine] Reference
The chinchona (it is erroneously spelt cinchona) tree constitutes the type of a natural order (Chinchonaceae), which also includes ipecacuanhas and coffees. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
They make their way into the unknown forest, where they suppose, from its elevation above the sea and its general appearance, that the chinchona trees will be found. From Wordnik.com. [On the Banks of the Amazon] Reference
The intermediate slopes are clothed with a vegetation partly African, partly European; and here Humboldt, at the end of the last century, proposed to naturalise the chinchona. From Wordnik.com. [To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I] Reference
Having marked the spot, he descended, and led his party, sometimes for hours together, through the tangled wilderness, using the wood-knife to mark his way to the chinchona clump. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
Like Drs. Livingstone and Hutchinson, he holds fever and quinine "incompatibles," and he highly approves of the prophylactic adhibition of chinchona used by the unfortunate Douville in 1828. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1] Reference
The doctor recommended silence, and that all painful emotions should be avoided; he prescribed an infusion of pure chinchona, and, in case the fever should increase again during the night, a calming potion. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
With great care and trouble chinchona plants and seeds have been transported from South America to India by Professor Markham; and in the mountainous regions of the East the tree is now cultivated and flourishing. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
On the western slopes of Chimborazo, and in several other regions extending from the wooded heights of Merida and Santa Martha, at the northern end of the Cordilleras, as far as the Republic of Bolivia, 19 degrees south, the chinchona-tree has its range. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
“incompatibles,” and he highly approves of the prophylactic adhibition of chinchona used by the unfortunate. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
We shall be safe there, and I doubt not obtain shelter in one of the huts of the chinchona gatherers. ". From Wordnik.com. [On the Banks of the Amazon] Reference
There are, besides the species I have mentioned, a vast number of chinchona, though the bark of some yields little or none of the valuable drug. ". From Wordnik.com. [On the Banks of the Amazon] Reference
Ecuador, is the original home of the chinchona. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
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