Substitute for Quinine
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Malaria Treatment
Substitute for Quinine Discovered
QUININE which is used so frequently in the Tropics, appears to have received its death knell as a cure for malaria in the past year or two. It has been alleged that powerful quinine rings were limiting the supplies of the medicine far below world requirements, and that because of this fact the League of Nations experts set out to find a substitute.
The result of the experts’ efforts is called totaquina, and it has been used successfully in hospitals in Italy, France, Spain, Malaya and elsewhere.
The experts experimented patiently over a long period before they discovered tota quina. In a brief time it has become very popular.
The League warns big industrial en terprises that any activities in new or undeveloped regions may risk failure un less proper account is taken of the danger of an outbreak of malaria.
Many residents in the Australian tropi cal zone have abandoned the use of quinine in favour of plasmoquine and atebrin. Some take the two latter drugs in combination—according to medical pre scription, of course—and with good re sults.