A Case of Æstivo-Autumnal Malarial Fever with Parasites of an Unusual Type
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developed fever, and was sent to hospital. In hospital he had daily attacks of ague, for which he was treated with quinine, " eight pills three times a day." The quinine caused deafness, but as the fever was not influenced he was shipped to Jamaica on his way to England. During the voyage he was still treated with quinine, but the fever became worse, and he was disembarked at Kingston and sent to the hospital. There was
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