Zum 200. Geburtstag des Afrikaforschers Dr. David Livingstone – Malariatherapie im 19. Jahrhundert: Rhabarber, Rosinen und Chinin …

„I tried native remedies in order to discover if they possessed any valuable means of cure; but, after being stewed in vapour baths, smoked like a red herring over twigs in hot potsherds, and physicked secundum black artem, I belive our own medicines are more efficacious and saver.“ [ 1 ]

Vor 200 Jahren, am 19. März 1813, wurde der schottische Arzt und Afrikaforscher David Livingstone geboren. Sein Geburtshaus in Blantyre, ein kleiner Ort in der Nähe von Glasgow, ist heute das David Livingstone Centre. Dort lebte die Familie Livingstone in einfachsten Verhältnissen.

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