Equipment - CONTAINER, MALARIA TABLETS, 1939- 1945

Historical information

WWII

Physical description

Small army green pocket size malaria tablet tin, with instructions on the inside of the tin on how to use the contents.

Inscriptions & markings

Base of tin: “ATEBRIN (0.1 GRAMME)”
Inside of tin: “UNLESS OTHERWISE ORDERED TAKE 1 TABLET EVERY DAY AFTER FOOD WHILE IN A MALARIA AREA. IF YOU MISS A TABLET TAKE TWO TABLETS THE NEXT DAY. IF TWO DAYS BE MISSED TAKE THREE TABLETS NEXT DAY BY DOING SO MALARIA FEVER WILL BE AVOIDED”

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