Watermelon vs. Diarrhœa; Other Cases

Fatty Diarrhœa. A Report on 26 Cases

These patients were admitted to a malnutrition ward of an Indian military hospital. Twenty-three of them were relieved of their symptoms; three died. All the 23 patients except one were Muslims and non-vegetarians. They had stayed in the forward areas for a period varying from 4 to 36 months when the symptoms commenced. The majority developed diarrhoea within the first year of their stay. Seven...

Infantile Diarrhœa

Sir,?In the course of my private practice I occasionally found that cases of infantile diarrhoea were often due to some fault in the milk of the mother's breast. There is a common belief among the rural people that infantile diarrhoea is due either to the seasonal wind or to the milk of the mother or to both. Investigation in a number of cases revealed that in some cases the secretion of milk w...

Infantile Diarrhœa

Infantile Diarrhœa

men are totally insufficient for the purpose.* I have recently endeavoured to put this side of the question on a firmer base, it being, I am persuaded, a point of the greatest importance in clearing up other parts of this complicated question. I have commenced by an examination of the effect of temperature upon infantile diarrhoeal mortality in London during the twelve years, 1857-68. I chose t...

Nutritional Diarrhœa