PREVENTION OF MALARIA.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
ENGLISH EXPERT’S EXPERI-
MENTS,
(British Official Wireless). . RUGBY, Dec. 1. According to Sir Almroth Wright, the well-known bacteriologist, the Ministry of Health expert, Colonel James, is “on the threshold of an important discovery which may mean a great step forward in the prevention of malaria.” It is understood that Colonel James and his colleagues at the Health Ministry’s malaria laboratory in Surrey have been experimenting with a new drug. Ten of them allowed themselves to be bitten by malaria-carrying mosquitoes and were then treated with the new drug. In no case did malaria develop. Apparently the drug prevents the infection of healthy people, and experiments are being made to estimate the minimum daily amount which will act as a safeguard in malarial areas.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 3, 3 December 1931, Page 7
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