The Comparative Value of Oil of Chenopodium and Tetrachlorethylene as Anthelmintics for Use in Mass Treatment
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A Comparative Record of Anthelmintic Treatment with Tetrachlorethylene and Oil of Chenopodium
ful resume of the effects of treatment with tetrachlorethylene was given; the workers concluded that tetrachlorethylene was safer than, and at least as efficient as, carbon tetrachloride. By the courtesy of the workers at the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, I was furnished with a quantity of tetrachlorethylene (Parke, Davis and Co.) in December 1933 and the present paper incorporates the ...
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