The Diagnosis of Malaria, and Field's Rapid Method of Staining Parasites in Blood Films

is to be considered bad medicine, for only a "'action of these patients have malaria and need quinine. In the present shortage of quinine, such a practice is to be utterly condemned as Evolving a tragic waste of quinine. While thorough clinical examination, including ? careful history, will usually give a strong Judication whether or not the patient with lever ' has malaria, with modern methods of staining blood films it often takes less time, gives less trouble, and is always much more satisfactory to base diagnosis on examination of ??d films. This should always be done when Possible. Some hospitals in India are adopting the Policy that quinine can be given only to patients ^ whose blood parasites have been demonated, and this policy has not only affected ? great economy in quinine (up to 75 per cent 11Lon<^hospital), but also has made for greater cjncacy of treatment of malaria, for those who s low parasites are then treated properly and n?t half-heartedly.