Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

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Cinchona

 

31 The Sixth and Last Sojourn of Beelzebub on the Planet Earth

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“However, in any case, do remember that from among the number of many thousands of known ‘medical means’ applied by the contemporary physicians there, only three, and even then only sometimes, produce some or other real results for the planetary bodies of your contemporary ordinary three-brained beings.

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“And the third substance is that which has been obtained there by beings from the dawn of centuries from what is called the ‘Cinchona tree.’