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Quinine

Clinical Definition Quinine sulfate is a prescription medication approved for use as an anti-malarial treatment. It is one of several remedies to treat malaria, an infection transmitted by mosquitoes that carry the parasite Plasmodium falciparum. In Our Own Words In the early 17th century, Spanish Jesuit missionaries learned from Indian tribes about a medicinal tree bark. After

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