Sebastiano Bado, sometimes Latinized as Sebastianus Baldus (also spelled Badi or Baldo; fl.
[2] He wrote extensively on the use of cinchona bark powder to dispel malaria, notably in his 1663 publication Anastasis corticis Peruviae, seu Chinae Chinae defensio, Sebastiani Badi Genuensis [...] Contra Ventilationes Ioannis Iacobi Chifletii, gemitusque Vopisci Fortunati Plempii.
Bado tells of the wife of Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón and Viceroy of Peru, who fell ill in Lima with a tertian fever.
A Spanish governor advised a traditional remedy using cinchona bark, which resulted in a miraculous and rapid cure.
[3] Bado distributed cinchona bark powder at local hospitals under the direction of de Lugo.