As far as the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps was concerned, the anti-malaria, synthetic quinine pill, Mepacrine, was just another item on the food list, to be rationed to units from supply points like bread and cheese and meat, Jan. 17, 1944. But as far as the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps was concerned, Mepacrine in the Mediterranean was the difference between a strong healthy fighting forces an one which was ridden through with malaria. Men received their weekly ration of the little yellow tablets and the result among Canadians in North Africa, Sicily ad Italy was a less than 10\% malaria rate and only 0.25 deaths in every 1,000 men. Shown here is an R.C.A.S.C. supply point, with stocks of Mepacrine included among normal food items.

As far as the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps was concerned, the anti-malaria, synthetic quinine pill, Mepacrine, was just another item on the food list, to be rationed to units from supply points like bread and cheese and meat, Jan. 17, 1944. But as far as the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps was concerned, Mepacrine in the Mediterranean was the difference between a strong healthy fighting forces an one which was ridden through with malaria. Men received their weekly ration of the little yellow tablets and the result among Canadians in North Africa, Sicily ad Italy was a less than 10\% malaria rate and only 0.25 deaths in every 1,000 men. Shown here is an R.C.A.S.C. supply point, with stocks of Mepacrine included among normal food items.