ANTIMONY IN FILARIASIS.

Treatment of Filariasis by Lithium Antimony Thiomalate

In the coastal areas of southern districts of Madras presidency filariasis is very frequently met with and is commonly seen in an endemic form akin to malaria. The disease though not responsible for mortality as much as malaria ranks equally with it in causing hideous and permanent disfiguration and suffering to the inhabitants of these areas. A general practitioner in these rural areas finds f...

The Present Position of Antimony Treatment of Filariasis: With a Suggestion for Its Intensive Use

Antimony in Malaria

A few months ago we refused to publish in this journal an advertisement of an antimony preparation which was said to be a specific remedy for malaria in all forms. This preparation appeared to be an ordinary pentavalent one. In our present number we publish an article by P. C. Sen Gupta on malaria complicating kala-azar, in which it is recorded that malaria may occur during or immediately after...

Urinary antimony in infancy.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether antimony may be detected in the urine during infancy and early childhood and its association with passive exposure to tobacco smoke, as assessed by urinary cotinine. DESIGN Analysis of spare aliquots of urine collected from infants participating in studies of respiratory function and passive smoking. Urinary antimony was assayed using inductively coupled plasma ...

Antimony Toxicity

Antimony toxicity occurs either due to occupational exposure or during therapy. Occupational exposure may cause respiratory irritation, pneumoconiosis, antimony spots on the skin and gastrointestinal symptoms. In addition antimony trioxide is possibly carcinogenic to humans. Improvements in working conditions have remarkably decreased the incidence of antimony toxicity in the workplace. As a th...