A Note on the Administration of Quinine in Cases of Fever during Pregnancy
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Regarding the inquiry made on all sides at the present day on the question of the administration of quinine in cases of fever, etc., during pregnane}7, it would doubtless be of great interest to some of your readers to know the conclu sions arrived at on the subject by the Subcommittee appointed by the Grant College Medical Societ}7, as far back as 1892, under the Chai nnanshipof Surgeon-Major (now LieutenantColonel) H. P. Dimmock, to investigate "the action of quinine administered to females for fever and other affections on the duration of
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دوره 45 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016