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Show Travcr : America v y . - - i k i ' 1 ft. ' a . . A : ' 1 ' ' - . " S ' ' - ' . ,.- t ' ' ' .: ' v.- -4T v y' ' - 5 . ' , i - J l v ' t u - - i , , V - ' I x j j ' I hoto Grace Lma ( SIDEWALK FARMACEUT1CO i itTOW'S this for a drugstore? This "I Is the way medicinal herbs are 'sold In native villages In South .America, visited by traveling Into the Andes on one or the regular . ruise-tours to the Land of the In-cas. In-cas. And there's a cure for every ill, for the Jungles of Amazonia are crammed with medicinal plants which native medicine men have been using with success tor centuries. cen-turies. The chlnchona calisaya, the bark lot which yields quinine Is a native ht the northern Andean region, particularly par-ticularly plentiful In Peru. Back In khe days of the In'cas the Quechua (Indians used It to cure fever, call-ling call-ling In qulna-qulna In the Quechua language the aame of a plant having hav-ing curative properties was doubled. dou-bled. The plant later was named chlnchona after the Count of Chln-chon, Chln-chon, a viceroy of Peru, whose wife had been cured of a terrible fever with It, and who upon his return to Spain Introduced tba specific Into Europe. Almost all the Indians In Bolivia chew coca leaves to give them endurance en-durance to carry on their daily activities ac-tivities In the high altitudes In - which they live. The leaves are taken from the plant known as erythroxylon coca a native of Colombia, Co-lombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and they yield the cocaine used In modern hospitals. The value of this drug, also, was discovered back in Inca days and Its source looked upon as the "divine plant." We are ' told that the most coveted prizes awarded in athletic contests were ( pouches of coca leaves. Among the scores of medicinal plants of Chile Is the "boldo" tree, I the "Peumus Boldus" of the family Monimiacaes, whose leaves yield 'boldino." now sold throughout the world as a remedy tor disorders of the liver. The aborigines have used i the leaves from time Immemorial for Illness of the stomach and liver. I Among the most recent discoveries, 1 and one of the most Important, Is j a plant growing In Ecuador which 1 yields curarl, a powerful relaxant ; now being used In the treatment of ' lockjaw and also as a cure for cer- ' tain types of paralysis a dlscoT-' ery which may rank with that of ' Insulin. The Indians have been 1 using this drug for centuries In the I poison darts with which they hunt I Edka Mai Stakk. |