A Preliminary Note on the Treatment of Neuro-Syphilis with Monkey Malaria
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knowlesi (Sinton and Mulligan, 1933) which they had transmitted to 12 human subjects. In all the patients on whom this treatment was tried, there was a good reaction followed by distinct improvement. In November 1935, a patient suffering from optic atrophy with a history of syphilis and a moderately positive Wassermann reaction came to the senior author through Lieut.-Colonel E. O'G. Kirwan, i.m.s., Professor of Ophthalmic Surgery in the Calcutta Medical College, for treatment with malaria. In January 1936, a similar case with strongly positive Wassermann reaction was also admitted. As at this time
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