Us Army Malaria Treatment is a photograph by National Library Of Medicine which was uploaded on July 24th, 2016.
Us Army Malaria Treatment
US Army malaria treatment. Patient in a US Army hospital being treated for malaria during World War II. Malaria is a disease presenting as severe... more
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Us Army Malaria Treatment
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US Army malaria treatment. Patient in a US Army hospital being treated for malaria during World War II. Malaria is a disease presenting as severe cyclic fevers. These are caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite, which is transmitted into the bloodstream by mosquito bites. This is the patients' ward of the 7th Portable Surgical Hospital, Soputa, New Guinea. Sergeant Seely Phillips is giving anti-malaria quinine pills to Corporal Hugh Mereille of the 163rd Infantry, 41st Division. Photographed on 18 March 1943.
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