The ''Schedula Romana'' was a pharmaceutical handbill
published in 1649.
Generally assumed to have been designed after the knowledge of the
cinchona
''Cinchona'' (pronounced or ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing at least 23 species of trees and shrubs. All are native to the Tropical Andes, tropical Andean forests of western South America. A few species are ...
bark properties brought from
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
by Spanish Jesuit
Juan de Lugo, the ''Schedula Romana'' is considered to be an early example of an efficient antimalarial recipe.
The ''Schedula'' gives instructions on proper dosages and application of the
cinchona bark.
The doses recommended are likely to have been established by trial and error, and they are assumed to be relied on results obtained using the various recipes proposed by Roman apothecaries.
See also
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History of malaria
The history of malaria extends from its prehistoric origin as a zoonotic disease in the primates of Africa through to the 21st century. A widespread and potentially lethal human infectious disease, at its peak malaria infested every continent e ...
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Timeline of malaria
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Jesuit's bark
Jesuit's bark, also known as cinchona bark, Peruvian bark or China bark, is a former remedy for malaria, as the bark contains quinine, used to treat the disease. The bark of several species of the genus ''Cinchona'', family Rubiaceae indigenous ...
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Therapeutice Specialis
Francesco Torti (30 November 1658 – 15 February 1741) was an Italian physician.
Biography
Torti was born in Modena and studied at the University of Bologna, graduating in 1678. In 1670 he and Bernardino Ramazzini headed the department of medic ...
References
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Quinine
Antimalarial agents