China Bark, a name of Cinchona (q.v.) Bark, often to be met in books, and in common use on the Continent. It is derived, not from the empire of China, but from Kina or Quina, the Peruvian name of cinchona.
China Bark
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 196
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