Evidence Vault · Chapter 03

The History of HCQ

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    Judah P. Benjamin

    Wikipedia · 2023 · Other

  2. 20:06:24

    Historical Review: Problematic Malaria Prophylaxis with Quinine. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,

    G. Dennis Shanks · 2016 · Study/journal

    Quinine history / malaria prophylaxis

  3. 30:06:24

    In: Encyclopædia Britannica

    britannica.com · 2023 · Other

    Quinine first chemical compound used against an infectious disease

  4. 40:06:24

    Our Oldest, Deadliest Foe

    Science History Institute · 2023 · News article

    Malaria/quinine history (general)

  5. 50:06:24

    The Mosquito: A Human History of Our... by Winegard, Timothy C

    amazon.com · 2023 · Book

    Malaria/mosquito history (general)

  6. 60:06:24

    Poetic Botany: A Digital Exhibition

    Nybg.org · 2013 · News article

    Quinine from cinchona bark

  7. 70:06:24

    Cinchona pubescens

    Wikipedia · 2023 · Other

    Cinchona tree

  8. 80:06:24
  9. 90:06:41

    American farmers could be growing the tree for producing quinine right now!

    The Americas Revealed · 2020 · News article

    Cinchona bark as quinine source

  10. 100:06:41

    Peru in danger of losing its national cinchona tree

    phys.org · 2018 · News article

    Cinchona tree and Peru

  11. 110:06:41

    File:Peru offers a branch of cinchona to Science (17th century engraving).jpg

    Wikipedia.org · 2023 · Other

    Peru gives cinchona to the West (image)

  12. 120:06:50

    File:Brazil 18thc JesuitFather.jpg

    Wikipedia.org · 2023 · Other

    Jesuit's bark (image)

  13. 130:06:50

    Jesuits

    Wikipedia · 2023 · Other

    Jesuit priests spread cinchona bark

  14. 140:06:50

    Peter Claver

    Wikipedia · 2023 · Other

    Jesuits (general)

  15. 150:06:56

    Wikiwand - Descendants of Charles III of Spain

    Wikiwand · 2023 · Other

    Spanish crown controls quinine sources (1751)

  16. 160:07:07

    George Washington, Mosquitos, and the American Revolution

    delanceyplace · 2019 · News article

    George Washington and malaria/quinine in the Revolution

  17. 170:07:07

    File:Gilbert Stuart Williamstown Portrait of George Washington.jpg

    Wikipedia · 2023 · Other

    George Washington (image)

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    File:Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze, MMA-NYC, 1851.jpg

    wikipedia.org · 2013 · Other

    George Washington (image)

  20. 200:07:07
  21. 210:07:23

    Disputed total synthesis of quinine by Woodward and Doering confirmed

    Phys.org · 2008 · News article

    Quinine chemistry (isolation/synthesis)

  22. 220:07:23

    Total synthesis of unnatural enantiomer renews interest in quinine

    Chemistry World · 2019 · News article

    Quinine chemistry

  23. 230:07:32

    Quinine and the cinchona plant: Gain or bane for Africa? - Hektoen International

    Hektoen International - An online medical humanities journal · 2019 · News article

    Quinine opens Africa ('white man's graveyard')

  24. 240:07:47

    [online] Civilwaracademy.com

    Civilwaracademy.com · 2021 · News article

    Civil War disease; sick soldiers drain armies

  25. 250:07:47

    The Union Blockade: Lincoln’s Proclamations

    National Archives · 2016 · Government/official doc

    Lincoln's Union blockade of the South

  26. 260:07:47

    Quinine With Whiskey: An Early American Drug Shortage

    Anesthesiology News · 2019 · News article

    Civil War quinine shortage

  27. 270:07:47

    Blockade!

    American Battlefield Trust · 2012 · News article

    Union blockade

  28. 280:07:47

    How British cotton affected America’s Civil War – In Conversation with Jim Powell & Meredith Wheeler

    Liverpool University Press Blog · 2021 · News article

    Blockade of cotton shipments to Europe

  29. 290:07:47

    Cotton diplomacy

    Wikipedia · 2022 · Other

    Blockade of cotton shipments to Europe

  30. 300:07:47

    Cotton, slavery, and the new history of capitalism. Explorations in Economic History,

    Olmstead, A.L. and Rhode, P.W · 2018 · Study/journal

    Blockade of cotton shipments to Europe

  31. 310:07:47

    Union blockade

    Wikipedia · 2023 · Other

    Union blockade

  32. 320:07:47

    ‘The Popular Dose with Doctors’: Quinine and the American Civil War

    Science History Institute · 2023 · News article

    Quinine and the Civil War

  33. 330:07:47

    File:Battle of Hampton Roads 3g01752u.jpg

    Wikipedia.org · 2023 · Other

    Civil War naval blockade (image)

  34. 340:07:47

    Milestones: 1861–1865 - Office of the Historian

    State.gov · 2023 · Government/official doc

    Union blockade

  35. 350:08:19

    Civil War Women Smugglers | History of American Women

    History of American Women · 2015 · News article

    Quinine smuggling during Civil War

  36. 360:08:19

    John Wilkes Booth (U.S. National Park Service)

    nps.gov · 2015 · Government/official doc

    John Wilkes Booth smuggled quinine

  37. 370:08:19
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    The pharmacist who helped Lincoln’s assassin

    The Pharmaceutical Journal · 2021 · News article

    Booth and quinine

  39. 390:08:19

    JW Booth and Quinine

    ‌rogerjnorton.com · 2023 · News article

    Booth and quinine

  40. 400:08:19

    File:John Wilkes Booth-portrait.jpg

    Wikipedia.org · 2015 · Other

    John Wilkes Booth (image)

  41. 410:08:28

    Quinine Substitutes in the Confederate Army. Military Medicine,

    Hasegawa, G.R · 2007 · Study/journal

    Confederate doctors seek native quinine substitutes (dogwood)

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    Civil War Medicine

    American Battlefield Trust · 2013 · News article

    Civil War medicine

  44. 440:08:52

    March 22, 2020 | Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing

    U.S. Department of State · YouTube · 2020 · Video

    Task Force briefing ('anecdotal' answer)

  45. 450:08:58

    When Malaria Sided With Napoleon: The Doomed British Walcheren Expedition That Cost 4,000 Lives

    warhistoryonline.com · 2023 · News article

    Quinine/malaria in war (general)

  46. 460:09:04

    A drug that powered the British Empire

    bbc.com · 2020 · News article

    British India, quinine and the gin and tonic

  47. 470:09:04

    File:British Indian Empire 1909 Imperial Gazetteer of India.jpg

    Wikipedia.org · 2023 · Other

    British India (map)

  48. 480:09:04
  49. 490:09:21

    File:Winston Churchill 1941 photo by Yousuf Karsh.jpg

    Wikipedia · 2018 · Other

    Churchill gin-and-tonic quote (photo)

  50. 500:09:34

    Atabrine – Medicine, Health, and History

    Medicine, Health, and History · 2022 · News article

    WWII quinine shortage / substitutes

  51. 510:09:34

    Lest We Forget (1946)

    U.S. Army Signal Corps footage · Internet Archive · 1946 · Video

    WWII archival footage

    Filmed 1945 at Buchenwald and Dachau after liberation (Capt. Ellis Carter, Lt. William Graf); released 1946. Internet Archive upload 2014.

  52. 520:09:34

    Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike (1943)

    U.S. War Department / U.S. National Archives · YouTube · 1943 · Video

    WWII Nazi archival footage

    Frank Capra “Why We Fight” orientation film No. 2, produced 1943. National Archives YouTube upload 2015.

  53. 530:09:34

    Army-Navy Screen Magazine, No. 16 (1943)

    U.S. Army Signal Corps / U.S. National Archives · YouTube · 1943 · Video

    WWII Army-Navy archival footage (malaria)

    Produced 1943 (Record Group 111). National Archives YouTube upload 2017.

  54. 540:09:59

    Cinchona Missions

    Wikipedia · 2023 · Other

    WWII Cinchona Missions to South America

  55. 550:10:07

    Claus Schilling

    Wikipedia · 2023 · Other

    Nazi malaria experiments at Dachau

  56. 560:10:07

    Nazi Medical Experiments: Malaria Experiments

    Jewishvirtuallibrary.org · 2023 · News article

    Nazi malaria experiments on prisoners

  57. 570:10:18

    The Invasion of Sicily 1943 - The History Reader : The History Reader

    The History Reader · 2016 · News article

    Allied advance in Italy 1943; malaria among Italians

  58. 580:10:58

    FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA approves label changes for antimalarial drug mefloquine hydrochloride due to risk of serious psychiatric and nerve side effects

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration (archived copy) · 2013 · Government/official doc

    Mefloquine black-box warning

  59. 590:10:58

    An anti-malaria drug may have inflicted permanent neurological injuries on some servicemembers

    The American Legion · 2023 · News article

    Mefloquine neurological injuries in troops

  60. 600:10:58
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    F.D.A. Strengthens Warnings on Lariam, an Anti-Malaria Drug

    The New York Times · 2013 · News article

    FDA strengthens mefloquine (Lariam) warning

  62. 620:11:46

    Bill Gates-Funded Company Releases Genetically Modified Mosquitoes in US

    The Epoch Times · 2021 · News article

    "It makes you wonder, who's really in control of our scientific institutions?" Epoch Times story on a Gates-funded company releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in the U.S.

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