Atabrine
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At that time, malaria was mostly treated with the quinine-like synthetic Atabrine, a medicine designed by German chemists in the early 1930s.
From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2020
But Atabrine, like quinine, had side effects, including gastritis, hallucinations and psychosis, Masterson wrote.
From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2020
In his memoir, Gibbs says most of the soldiers were outside their tents “heaving up the Atabrine and everything else not securely anchored to their intestines.”
From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2020
Shannon gathered a group of researchers who could determine the correct dosage of the synthetic antimalarial Atabrine for U.S. soldiers serving in the Pacific.
From Scientific American • Jan. 31, 2012
He wondered if he were suffering from malaria, or, worse, from an overdose of Atabrine tablets.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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