PREVENTIVE MEDICINE IN THE TROPICS.

Medicine in the Tropics

Fever in a child in the tropics fills a mother with fear; so often she has seen it the herald of death, or of fits, or of slow, lingering illness and handicap. She knows that fever replaces health and happiness in her child by fretfulness, misery, burning heat, and screaming (partly no doubt the result of throbbing headache). Her fear is justified. Mortality and morbidity from infection in chil...

The Practice of Medicine in the Tropics

Medicine and Health in the Tropics

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Current Practice MEDICINE IN THE TROPICS

Of the many causes of ill-health among children of the tropics malnutrition is undoubtedly the most important. Apart from its direct effects on health, malnutrition also exerts an indirect effect by diminishing resistance to infecious diseases. The infant and child mortality rates in tropical countries are high. In India, according to the latest census figures, while infants and children under ...

Preventive Medicine

Background. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between receptivity to cigarette promotions and smoking uptake in a cohort of adolescents. Methods and Measures. This was a prospective cohort study of 480 4thto 11th-grade students conducted in three rural Vermont K–12 schools. Cigarette use was determined by self-report at baseline, 12 months (survey 2), and 21 months (surv...