What treatment for fever did Hugh James test?
Use of yellow cinchona bark
Use of garlic
Use of rosemary
Use of ginger
Answer
Hugh James tested the use of yellow cinchona bark as a treatment for fever. This was based on his observation that the natives of South America, who used cinchona bark as a traditional medicine, did not appear to be affected by the fevers that were common in that region.
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