"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"David Hill" wrote in message
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Did you know?
Quinine was called the Jesuit bark by the protestants in Cromwell's day
and
thus was not allowed in England.
With the result that when Oliver Cromwell caught malaria there was no
effective treatment and he died of it.

I didn't know that. Did he really die of malaria?

Thanks for that nugget.

Mary

I found:

http://www.olivercromwell.org/faqs8.htm

Which is fascinating - the whole site is worth reading! But I haven't found
any reference to quinine yet ...

Mary

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David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk