Irregular Troops

Schistosomiasis amongst Rhodesian troops.

obviate the necessity for the .operator to maintain pressure on the plunger was found to he ineffective after repeated trials. The syringe described by W. O. Gross (1954) seems to offer an advance in mass inoculation technique in that it provides a more rapid method than others described. Again, however, with this syringe the thumb must control the plunger carefully during injection and withdra...

Arsenical encephalopathy in Indian troops.

UNTOWARD effects of antisyphilitic treatment, described as " arsenical encephalopathy," have been observed ever since trivalent arsenical compounds have been in use for the treatment of syphilis. Paul Ehrlich as early as 1914 believed the essential cause of the condition to be a dilatation of the small blood vessels of the brain which is followed by cedema and perivascular bleeding. He believes...

Helicobacter pylori infection in Desert Storm troops.

To determine whether military personnel deployed outside the United States are at increased risk of Helicobacter pylori infection, we evaluated U.S. Army personnel who served in the Persian Gulf from August 1990 to April 1991. Of 204 subjects from whom paired predeployment and postdeployment serum specimens were obtained, 76 (37%) were seropositive for IgG antibody to H. pylori before deploymen...

Mortality of American Troops in Iraq

Counts of military deaths in Iraq are well publicized, but deaths alone do not indicate the risk for an individual. In order to assess the extent of individual risk, the number of deaths must be compared to the number of individuals exposed to the risk of death. These risks may vary from person to person depending on such factors as one’s branch of service, rank, age, sex, race and ethnicity. I...

Anæmia among Indian Troops at Singapore