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Ep 8 ABRACADABRA - Go Away Malaria!
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Abracadabra Means Go Away Malaria
Before Columbus and the European invasion of North and South America, the Western hemisphere was free of malaria. The bark of a tree contains a chemical called quinine that when ingested reduces symptoms but also stops transmission. Jesuits from Spain noticed this Quechua in practice of treating malaria with this powdered bark and brought it back to Spain where they announced it as a miracle cure. And we'll get there next week on how VIVACs and Falcipram were brought over by Europeans during the slave trade.
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