#atrabine

« Ces hommes n'ont pas pris leur Atabrine » (nom commercial de la Quinacrine alors utilisée en médicament préventif de la malaria par l'armée américaine) explique ce panneau des services médicaux de l'US Army - Guerre du Pacifique - Nouvelle-Guinée - 1940's

Improvements in the understanding of how to cultivate cinchona trees and the introduction of Ledgeriana cinchona, whose seeds and cuttings the Dutch East Indian Government were prepared to supply free of charge meant that it now became a viable proposition for private enterprises. This, however, coupled with the discovery of the Remija species in North Africa meant that by the 1890s production…