The Problem of Cure in Kala-Azar *Received for publication 5th March 1924
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can be considered cured and the antimony treatment discontinued. From time to time since the introduction of the treatment with the antimony tartrates various rules have been suggested for the course of treatment that is necessary to effect a cure; these rules have become more and more elastic and there is usually a very decided tendency towards prolongation of the course. Sir Leonard Rogers first suggested that the injections
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