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  • Blister pack of chloroquine antimalarial tablets. Chloroquine is used to prevent and treat the infectious disease malaria. Malaria is caused by parasites (Plasmodium species) which enter the blood when inefcted mosquitoes feed. Side effects of chloroquine include vomitting, nausea and headache. Retinopathy (damage to the retina) is a rare eye condition associated with long term use over many years. Drug resistance against antimalarials is increasing.
  • Hydrangea quercifolia W.Bartram Hydrangeaceae. Oak-leaved hydrangea. Distribution: South-eastern United States. Beta-dichroine a quinazolinone also called febrifugine from the leaves of hydrangeas is 64-100 times more potent than quinine as an antimalarial in animals, but extremely toxic. A synthesised tolyl derivative, methaqualone (2-methyl-3-o-tolyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone), was found to be a mild hypnotic, and marketed in the sleeping tablet, Mandrax. Widely abused and quickly banned by most countries. Illegal manufacture continues and in South Africa methaqualone is the commonest drug of abuse, mixed with cannabis and smoked. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid : the wonderful liver remedy : small doses, prompt effect.
  • Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid : ensures appetite & digestion : small doses, prompt effect.
  • Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid : cures sick headache & biliousness: small doses, prompt effect.
  • Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid : cures all diseases of the stomach, liver & blood : small doses, prompt effect.
  • Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid : cures all diseases of the stomach, liver & blood : small doses, prompt effect.
  • Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid : cures sick headache & biliousness: small doses, prompt effect.
  • Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid : ensures appetite & digestion : small doses, prompt effect.
  • Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid : the wonderful liver remedy : small doses, prompt effect.
  • Dr. P.O. Baldo's celebrated Blood and Liver Pills : the best anti-bilious pills in the world / L.M. Berry.
  • Dr. Fenner's Capitol Bitters : is the most agreeable and powerful invigorant to the system heretofore known / M.M. Fenner.
  • Dr. Fenner's Capitol Bitters : is the most agreeable and powerful invigorant to the system heretofore known / M.M. Fenner.
  • Dr. P.O. Baldo's celebrated Blood and Liver Pills : the best anti-bilious pills in the world / L.M. Berry.
  • Ayer's Ague Cure is warranted to cure fever & ague and all malarial disorders / prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
  • Ayer's Ague Cure is warranted to cure fever & ague and all malarial disorders / prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
  • Vegetabiol Higia ... Septiyodina Higia / Laboratorios Higia, S.A.
  • Vegetabiol Higia ... Septiyodina Higia / Laboratorios Higia, S.A.
  • Ayer's Ague Cure is warranted to cure all malarial disorders / prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.
  • Ayer's Ague Cure is warranted to cure all malarial disorders / prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.
  • With best wishes for your good health / Dr. M.D. Dennis.
  • With best wishes for your good health / Dr. M.D. Dennis.
  • Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.
  • Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.
  • Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
  • The gathering and drying of cinchona bark in a Peruvian forest. Wood engraving, by C. Laplante, c. 1867, after Faguet.
  • <I>Plasmodium malariae</I> malaria: nephrotic syndrome