December 4, 1894

Anchylostoma Duodenale *Read at the Indian Medical Congress, December 1894.

over moist, somewhat uneven ground, favouring the accumulation of water here and there, soon lead to profuse development of larvse. These favourable circumstances are found whenever latrines are absent. The excrementa lie scattered in large masses near human dwellings, especially in swampy soil frequently trampled on by men and animals, without any outflow of water. This is the peculiar home of...

Food Adulteration *Read before the Indian Medical Congress, December, 1894.

Introduction? Of the various branches of Public Health that excite public attention, the subject of the Adulteration of Food-Stuffs is one of the most important, and no doubt possesses the greatest interest. The immense benefit which Hygiene and Public Health has brought on humanity, in preventing the spread and dissemination of various infectious diseases that decimate people by hundreds and t...

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Diabetes Mellitus and Its Prevention *Read at the Indian Medical Congress, December 1894.

ture of our Indian diseases ; but there is evidence to show from record that it was not absolutely unknown to the practitioners of the Hindu system of medicine. The ancients gave the name Diabetes or Bohumootra (Polyuria) to a group of symptoms, the most prominent being augmented secretion of urine, thirst, dry skin, gradual emaciation and loss of strength. For want of a sufficient knowledge of...

Unhealthy Tracts in Bengal *Read at the Indian Medical Congress, December 1894.

With the exception, perhaps, of the tract of country lying at the base of the Himalaya Mountains known as the Terai, or the special region of malaria, the most unhealthy part of Bengal is the triangular piece of country which lies in the hollow, which is bounded by the high banks of the Rivers Ganges and Madhimati on the north and east, the elevated laterite soil districts of the Sonthal Pargan...