The Action of Some Synthetic Antimalarial Remedies on the Uterus

as powerful antimalarial agents. The work carried out in the School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta, on the action of these drugs on the Indian strains of malaria parasites is in accord with findings obtained in other parts of the world. Plasmoquin has been tried by a large number of workers, and in India, Napier, Butcher and Das Gupta (1932) used it with success in their field experiments. Atebrin has been found by Napier and Das Gupta (1932) to destroy the asexual stages of the malarial parasites especially of subtertian malaria. Chopra, Das Gupta and Sen (1933) have reported very favourably on the effectiveness of this compound against infections with the different strains of malarial parasites met with in Bengal. The antimalarial properties of tabetren and malarcan, two closely allied drugs, are under investigation and they show promise of being effective. These drugs are cupreine compounds and therefore cinchona derivatives.