Quinine

black-eyed Susan, compass plant, cup plant, new England aster, prairie dock, rattlesnake master, stiff goldenrod, tall coreopsis, blazing star, culver’s root, mountain mint, purple coneflower, shooting star, showy tick trefoil, wild indigo, and the wild quinine. Those are all the prairie plants. Some facts on the prairies are that the prairies tall grass once did cover 142 million acres before. They also once covered ruffle about 40% of the united states. The prairies formed about 8,000 years…

The confident stricken Wheeler was even fine with killing if it fit his agenda. He went to the extreme as to get the Prohibition Bureau to poison the alcohol that was being used for fuels or medicine with quinine, methyl alcohol, and other toxic chemicals. Most people were unaware of this and died from the consumption of the government-poisoned alcohol. Wheeler had no problem with these deaths. He was on record saying, “The person who drinks this industrial alcohol…is a deliberate suicide.”…

include Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. There are a couple of treatments for Malaria like antibiotics, such as Doxycycline (Vibramycin), Clindamycin by mouth or by injection (Cleocin). Other treatments are Antimalarial, such as Chloroquine, Primaquine, Quinine (Qualaquin), Atovaquone/proguanil (Malarone), Pyrimethamine (Daraprim), Artemether/lumefantrine…

Introduction Background: Atropine as an Alkaloid compound has been in use for ages since the times of the Roman Empire as it was used for local anesthesia. The compound was derived from common organic compounds like Tropane alkaloid that is synthesized by most solanacea family and also from berries of the plant Atropa belladonna. Comprehensive research on the compound Atropine was first carried out by German chemist Friedlueb Ferdinad Runge between 1795-1867, later German based pharmacist…

Evolutionism vs. Creationism How was the world created, was it instantaneously, a couple of days or, millions of years? There are two main theories Evolution and Creationism. Creationism is split into two subsections; Old earth and Young earth. They both conclude that god is the reason why animals, plants, and objects are the way are now. Young earth is the belief that you are to take Genesis 1:1 literally. Old earth is split into three sub sections; Day-Age, Gap theory, and Progressive. The…

At the time of the study, the national treatment for malaria was chloroquine, an antimalarial drug. Quinine was, and still is the recommended drug for severe malaria. The people of Ghana are suffering and are misusing the medications. Also, the misuse was highest among those who used left-over drugs and those who got their drugs from qualified chemical…

Edwin Wiley Grove, E. W. Grove, was born in Whiteville, Hardeman County, Tennessee in 1850. He was the son of James Henry and Mary Jane Harris Grove. E. W. Grove moved to Paris, Tennessee in 1874, when he was just 24-years-old, and lived there until 1898 when he moved to Asheville, NC. E. W. Grove was known for many things and helped Paris, TN in many ways. The benefits from E. W. Grove have left behind a lasting impact on society. While not much is known about Edwin Wiley Grove’s young…

The panama canal was done in 1914 it is 40 miles long and it connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. It is used to get ships ocean to ocean. The panama canal was very hard to build they had lots of problems. Panama at that time was trying to seperate from columbia.The separatist movement was on November 1903. The Government deployed troops and instructed the commander to take over the Governor of Panama The Tiradores Battalion got to the Panamanian city of Colón the day of…

Ghost Map by Steven Johnson is a very interesting book about Snow's discovery and how the pump handle had to be removed to prevent people from using the pump even though they knew the water was contaminated. I was totally surprised by the lecture “Quinine and Penicillin”, the United States only had enough penicillin for ten people in 1942. It took a war to develop enough penicillin to equal over 646 billion units/year production by June 1945. A large number of military personnel were saved by…

There are many but they all add up. According to these facts Ecuador has many different types of culture but still strict on a certain way. Ecuador has very many unique characteristics. The national tree is a Cinchona tree. It produces Quinine which is also a drug. Ecuador is one of the two countries that doesn’t share a border with Brazil. This country is the largest export of bananas in the world. It is also one of the most visited countries. In conclusion this country has many…