Two Cases Showing Cerebral Symptoms after Treatment with Quinacrine for Malaria *Paper rearranged by editor.
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Case 1.?A Hindu male, aged 25, had slight fever on 16th November, 1944, no fever on 17th but high fever on the 18th when I was called. The patient gave a history of previous attacks of fever relieved by quinine. Physical examination showed nothing abnormal but a hard spleen 4 fingers below the costal margin; temperature 104?F. Quinine sulphate mixture was prescribed for the first day followed by quinacrine, one tablet thrice daily for five days. The temperature came down the next day, but four days later the patient was seen
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