Naga Worship and Nagas in Villibharata

Naga Sore in Jamnagar

sore has appeared among the class of people (not necessarily poor) who, during a heavy rainy season, walked in mud and worked in marshy localities, barefooted. Forty-five inches of rain, mud and marshy conditions?and Naga sore were not previously known to this place. The same thing happened in Benares last summer, when heavy rainfall flooded the area, resulting in mud and marsh so that Naga sor...

"Naga" Sore in Rajputana

(i) In the majority of cases the first lesions were a slight itching or scratch or somle trauma. In some instances the ulcers were due to guinea-worm infection. (ii) The ulcers were always on the leg, ankle, or foot only. (tit) The ulcer was generally circular, its edges undermined, and its margins raised. There was a foul, purulent, tenacious slough. Lymphangitis was noticed only around the ul...

Naga Sores in Gwalior

Naga Sore

Sir,?Recently I read with interest the ' Report on the Occurrence of Naga Sore in Calcutta' by Drs. Panja and Ghosh in your January issue. In my sixteen years' practice, the disease was rarely found here; though it has been always endemic in the hilly parts 30 to 40 miles off from this tea estate. In 1942, some labourers who were sent for road work to the hills near the Burma border returned wi...

Hero worship

This month, as the surest route to public embarassment, I decided to write about scientific heroes. Today’s world is full of talk of mentoring. Graduate students are told to find supervisors who will intellectually nourish them, emotionally support them, and teach them networking and grantspersonship. As I tap away, I can almost hear Uncle Syd muttering that the world is going to the dogs. In h...