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Chinchón, Luis Jerónimo Fernández

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Chinchón, Luis Jerónimo Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza, conde de (lēs` hārō`nēmō fārnän`dās dā käbrā`rä bōbäthē`yä sār`dä ē mĕndō`sä kōn`dā dā chēnchōn`), d. 1647, viceroy of Peru (1629–39). He sent Cristóbal de Acuña on the Teixeira expedition down the Amazon. In 1638, Chinchón's wife, suffering from persistent fever, was treated with a native remedy made from quinaquina bark. As a result, the malaria-curing qualities of quinine became known in Europe. Linnaeus called the genus of quinine-producing trees Cinchona in her honor.


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