Treatment of Pregnant Females Suffering from Malarial Fever
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To the Editor of The Indian Medicae Gazette. Sir,?In. the August number of I. M. G. an enquirer ironi Bangalore city wished to know the experiences of medical men in the treatment of pregnant females suffering from malarial fever. Having been placed in this highly malarial station for over four years, and having had to treat more than 30,000 malarial patients including some pregnant females, I take the liberty of submitting to the profession the result of my experiences in the hope that others with more experience will also follow.
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دوره 55 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016