Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Bark, Peruvian

​BARK, PERUVIAN, is the bark of various species of trees of the genus cinchona, found in many parts of South America, but more particularly in Peru. Its medicinal properties depend upon the presence of quinine, which is now extracted from the bark, and prescribed.

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