In the 1600s Thomas Sydenham pioneered the use of this drug to treat malaria
The treatment of the time, based on the Hippocratic theory, was to use 
heat and... [DOC] [TLE] Lecture1 [PAR] Ancient Egyptians were among the earliest peoples to use fermentation to brew 
... the usefulness of extracts Cinchona tree (containing quinine) to treat malaria.