Atabrin for the Ardent
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AND what is man’s most precious possession? A line on it—being an extract from an article by Paul de Kruif, Americanon the use of Atabrin in the treatment of malaria : An unexpected obstacle in persuad ing New Guinea troops to take their pills was that Atabrin was scienti fically termed a suppressive, which meant that it did not always cure malaria, but kept the disease under the surface in your body. Many American soldiers mistakenly took this to mean that Atabrin might im pair their sexual vigor, and in this belief they were fortified by leaflets dropped by the Japanese. In over coming their apprehension, the authorities showed marked ingenuity.
New Guinea camps blossomed with huge bill-boards, picturing a jolly Sultan, nibbling an Atabrin pill and smiling at a dancing girl while re marking: “Atabrin keeps me going.”
A Fiji Indian member of the Methodist Church, the Rev, R. R. Deoki, has com pleted the final examination of Arts deg.ree at Auckland University.