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The war on malaria and Nora Heysen's documentation of Australian medical research through art between 1943 and 1945

Date

Authors

Clark, Ian A

Prosser, Cherie L

Publisher

Australasian Medical Association

Abstract

• With the expansion of the Second World War into the Pacific in 1941, and due to the deleterious impact of malarial infection on fighting capacity, the Australian Army devoted significant resources to new research into the prevention and treatment of m

Keywords

Keywords: chlorphenotane; mepacrine; quinine; antimalarial drug resistance; article; Australia; epidemic; history of medicine; human; infection risk; influenza; malaria; medical documentation; medical illustration; medical research; parasite control; parasite trans

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69576

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Medical Journal of Australia

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03036.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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