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A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near Leicester, England, UK, 1945 D23837
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A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near Leicester, England, UK, 1945
Mepacrine pills are sent from the factory near London where they are produced to a factory near Leicester where they are packed. Here, we see a female factory worker checking the tablets as they come through a machine which packs them into cellophane strips, ready for transport "to tropical climes".
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