Skin Cancer in the South African Bantu

Ulcerative colitis in the South African Bantu.

Two cases of ulcerative colitis in the Bantu are reported. One patient presented with fulminant acute colitis with toxic dilatation of the colon and massive rectal haemorrhage, the second with chronic, continuous diarrhoea for over twenty years, culminating ultimately with carcinoma of the colon. The aetiology of ulcerative colitis is discussed, together with the problems of specific diagnosis ...

The electrocardiogram of the South African Bantu.

Gastric activity in the South African European and Bantu.

Test meals in Europeans and Bantu in Johannesburg show that the stomachs of normal Europeans in the main secrete more acid and pepsin.Gastric studies in Bantu on a European diet compared with those on a more non-European type of diet reveal no difference in secretory behaviour. This, it is suggested, rules out current dietary habits as being responsible for the difference in gastric secretory b...

Annular Subvalvular Left Ventricular Aneurysms in the South African Bantu.

A toxoplasmin skin-testing survey amongst a group of South African Bantu.