Abstract
Summary
The lethal action of sodium antimonyl Tartrate, Fouadin, Urea-stibamine and Meostibosan on Schistosoma japoni-cum is studied in vitro and the results support the prevalent belief that the trivalent antimony compounds are more effective in the treatment of schistosomiasis than pentavalent salts and our own clinical experience that permanent cure of Schistosomiasis japonica results more readily with tartar emetic than with fouadin.
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