Paper, 'De usu corticis Peruviani ad gangraenam et sphacelum' [On the use of Peruvian bark to cure gangrene and 'sphacelum'] by Johanne Shipton Shipton shares several case studies of the use of Peruvian bark in curing sicknesses including fever and gangrene. Shipton also asserts that Peruvian bark has antihaemorrhagic properties. Subject: Medicine / Haematology Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'De usu corticis peruviani ad gangrenam & sphacelum' Read to the Royal Society on 8 March 1733 [1733]