THE RAJKOT WATERWORKS, BOMBAY. (INCLUDING APPENDIX).

Does the Appendix Location Change During Pregnancy?

Background: Early diagnosis of appendicitis is important during pregnancy.  Unlike omentom, cecum and appendix are not likely to be displaced by the growing uterus, so the concept of position change of the appendix during pregnancy is questionable. Objective: To determine the anatomical location of appendix during pregnancy. Methods: In a prospective study from October 1995 to March 1999, 291 w...

Naga Sore in Rajkot (Kathiawar)

In Charge West Hospital Laboratory, Rajkot A boy presented himself for treatment at the above hospital with ulcers on his legs that had the typical appearance of Naga sores. The boy gave a history that the lesions began as small pustules which ruptured and afterwards had spread until the condition shown in the photographs was presented. Diagnosis was confirmed by finding fusiform bacilli and sp...

The Bombay Tropical School

of Tropical Medicine in Bombay has made considerable progress. The scheme, though but recently announced in the public press, has been maturing for nearly three years?in fact, it was first proposed by Major W. Grlen Liston, c.i.e., I.M.S., in July 1911. In a few words the scheme is as follows:?(1) Development and expansion of the existing Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory at Parel; (2) building...

Bombay Notes

In my last letter I referred to the extensive rebuilding scheme which had been laid down for the Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy Hospital, and I will now describe its salient features. It is not to be all taken in hand at once, but the sections will be added one by one as they are most urgently needed. The hostel for nurses has already been built and was opened last year. In the completed plan it will sta...

Genetics of the Bombay phenotype.