PYORRHEA ALVEOLARIS IN MERCURIAL AND LEAD POISONING AND SCURVY.

Pyorrhœa Alveolaris or Scurvy

that time in certain jails, was due to scurvy and produced by lack of vegetables. We challenged that opinion at the time, and this year we notice in the Central Provinces Jail Report that this condition of the gums was kept under control by a free use of the tooth-sticks and charcoal tooth powder." The report referred to was written by Mr. Acklom who is not a medical man, and I do not think it ...

Sodium Thiosulphate in Mercurial Poisoning

To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir,?In your issue for last November, p. 641, in the abstract from Dr. Johnstone's article on acute mercurial poisoning, it is stated that ' we use sodium thiosulphate both by mouth and intravenously. Its intravenous use has not proved valuable in experimental animals, although it has been shown to be harmless Certain writers consider it of value in po...

Treponema Mucosum (new Species), a Mucin-producing Spirochæta from Pyorrhea Alveolaris, Grown in Pure Culture

1. A mucin-producing spirochoeta has been obtained in pure culture from a case of pyorrhea alveolaris. This organism is an independent species of the genus Treponema and, as it is recognized for the first time, I propose for it the name Treponema mucosum. 2. Morphologically the mucosum is difficult to separate from the pallidum and microdentium, but, through its biological properties and animal...

Pathology of Natural and Experimental Lead Poisoning in Cattle.

Lead and lead poisoning in antiquity

The symposium papers edited by Simpson will be a valued source for students of Black. The eight papers offer a number of insights on various aspects of Black's career. Robert Anderson provides a handy outline biography; Christopher Lawrence analyses Black's personal and intellectual links with Hume and Adam Smith, as well as contemporary natural philosophers; Henry Guerlac presents a stimulatin...