Some enumerative studies on malaria, blackwater fever, and sleeping sickness

Pathological Processes in Malaria and Blackwater Fever

Blackwater Fever, Notes on

During my service as Officer in charge of a medical division in Macedonia I saw a large number of cases of blackwater fever. Some of the chief points in 14 of these cases are tabulated :? Previous Malaria Quinine Malaria. Parasites.? Treatment. Result. 1. Serb + + V* Recovered. 2. Serb + + V ? 3. Serb + + V ? 4. Serb + + M Died. 5. Greek . . ? + V ? 6. Serb . . + O V Recovered. 7. Serb + O V ? ...

The artificial kidney in malaria and blackwater fever.

Acute renal failure is one of the complications which for generations has been most dreaded in severe malaria and blackwater fever (Fairley et al., 1961). Maegraith (1944) pointed out that the mortality rate in blackwater fever was 20 to 25%/., and that approximately half these deaths resulted from renal failure. The use of the artificial kidney is a logical development in the management of ren...

Blackwater Fever

Sik,?With reference to the recent correspondence on Blackwater Fever, one is inclined to believe that it is only a pernicious form of malaria, characterised by the profound implication of the blood corpuscles, just as we have the "dysenteric form" or haemorrhage from the stomach or bowels, so common in the northern parts of India and commonly called " Peshawar fever ; ^ the " Comatose form" inv...

Some Unusual Forms of the Parasite of Pernicious Malaria, Found in Blackwater Fever