Trichostrongylus Infestation in South Persia

Politics, Kinship, and Ecology in Southeast Persia

The Iranian plateau is an ideal area for investigating the relationship be? tween ecological and sociological factors because of its stark aridity, on the one hand, and its historical role as a meeting place of ethnic and cultural movements on the other. The part of the plateau which forms the southeast corner of Persia is particularly interesting from this point of view. Over an area of some 2...

Trichostrongylus Infection in Man

Serological investigation for treponemal infection of artisan recruits in South Persia.

Routine serological examination of candidates for artisan employment with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in Abadan began in the autumn of 1949, and 1,725 reports were available by the spring of 1950. The men were all subjected to physical examination, and apart from occasional reports of an old genital scar none of them had any clinical evidence of syphilis at the time of the serological investi...

Medical Education in Ancient Persia

Introduction: Historically, education is the prominent part of medical systems of different cultures. It has been surveyed in some cultures. In this study, we tried to uncover educational practices applied and present a sketch of medical education in ancient Persia (from beginning to 637 AD) based on the available evidence. Methods: In this study, old Persian scripts and other written document...

A field strain of Trichostrongylus colubriformis resistant to levamisole and morantel in South Africa.

A strain of Trichostrongylus colubriformis from Nottingham Road, in Natal, was found to be solidly resistant to levamisole and morantel at the recommended dose levels. Untreated control sheep in fact harboured fewer worms at slaughter than either of the 2 treated groups. In contrast, the benzimidazoles and ivermectin were more than 99.9% effective against this worm strain. The possible implicat...