Quite some time ago on this blog, I crowed about a purchase I’d made on ebay. I’d bought some cinchona powder and some quinine. These medicines were used in the olden days to treat malaria. The bottles came from an… Read More
As part of my research for my new book about insects, I’ve been reading a lot about malaria prophylaxis (that is, preventing malaria). For centuries, cinchona powder was the only known successful treatment for malaria. It was made from the… Read More
The first bagpipes were made from an animal bladder, usually that of a goat or sheep. Pipes were inserted into the natural holes, where the animal’s neck or feet had been.