Category:Episodes in the history of cinchona
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The painting illustrates the story (probably apocryphal in some respects) that the Viceroy of Peru, who arrived there on 19 April 1629, Don Luis Jeronimo de Cabrera y Bobadilla, Count of Chinchón, was persuaded to give to his wife, Doña Francisca Henriquez Ribera, Countess of Chinchón, a native remedy (bark of the tree subsequently called cinchona) to cure her intermittent fever.
Media in category "Episodes in the history of cinchona"
The following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total.
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Episodes in the history of cinchona 1; the count of Wellcome L0016709.jpg 1,472 × 1,256; 806 KB
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Episodes in the history of cinchona 2; the countess of Chinc Wellcome V0048080.jpg 5,076 × 4,305; 9.14 MB
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Episodes in the history of cinchona 2; the countess of Chinc Wellcome V0048081.jpg 5,325 × 4,490; 9.68 MB
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Episodes in the history of cinchona 2; the countess of Wellcome L0016710.jpg 4,640 × 3,888; 7.57 MB
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Episodes in the history of cinchona 3; Cardinal de Lugo Wellcome L0016711.jpg 1,452 × 1,226; 1.12 MB
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The Count of Chinchon receiving Chinchona-root. Wellcome M0004174.jpg 3,528 × 2,988; 2.73 MB
