Volume 1
An interim report on the treatment of malaria : Abstract of 2,460 cases. War Office investigations / by Ronald Ross.
- Ronald Ross
- Date:
- 1918
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An interim report on the treatment of malaria : Abstract of 2,460 cases. War Office investigations / by Ronald Ross. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![at all. Of these 193 men, 88 relapsed within 27 days after treatment ; 76 were not sufficiently well to allow of the quinine being withheld any longer ; and only 29 were considered well enough to be discharged from hospital without treatment, as the exigencies of service demanded. We may thus suppose that during the month only 15 per cent. of the men who remained untreated by quinine escaped either relapses or illness—so that 85 per cent. of such untreated cases remained ill and 456 per cent. actually suffered from relapses during the period. These studies were made from the 23rd March, 1917, to the 17th October, 1917. The follow- ing table gives the results in detail :— qVAB TG Ee Numberof days until patients got fever oa 4 co Ose ty eeos eo nese Lae eto ie 4a el) miele ad Number of men who got fever ~.. Pele cor Ot OMb Ont sea ai We sod fod ee O AON eee Oto geo Bie Numb’r of men giv’n quinine before fev’r commenced Re tee le lee] OO ed eee tO tamed eae) | ue fae eee at ame anne) a eee Number of men dis- charged without fever or quinine ....} — | —|—/]—/;|—|—j| 1; 1] 2};—/ 1; 1|—J| 1] 2 Number of days until patients got fever | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 |Tot. Number of men who SOULCVeL peetfe ete LB ie 8 Numb’r of men giv’n quinine before fev’r commenced ef —}|- 37 LT} rt} ty—;—j}—] ds] 2) Ly—y{].li—s 76 Number of men dis- charged without LeversOU Quinine wal Pt Oe A Sel Teles Die Deas eee el ee 1 eo II.—ABSTRACT. A.—Anti-relapse Quinine Prophylaxis. 1. Hpsom.—Quinine sulphate, 5 grains orally in solution at 11 a.m. once a day. Given to 61 cases from 7th May, 1917, to 21st June, 1917. Of these 21 relapsed (33 per cent.) while taking the quinine ; parasites found in 6 relapses, not found in 6 relapses, not looked for in 7 relapses, and 2 cases shewed parasitic relapses without fever. Average duration of treatment, 28 days.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33429868_0001_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
