The British Guiana Medical Annual for 1912

The British Guiana Medical Annual

The British Guiana Medical Annual for 1910

Nastin Treatment of Leprosy in British Guiana. It is of special interest as Professor Deycke himself practically inaugurated the treatment in 1908. His methods have been carried on ever since, in the later months somewhat modified. The conclusion drawn by the author is, as regards Deycke's statements that injections of Nastin cause definite changes [to take place in the lepra bacilli, and that ...

The British Guiana Medical Annual

workers in the diseases of tropical countries. The terrible experiences of the recent epidemic of small-pox in British Guiana and other West Indian Isles has shown the necessity of amending the quarantine regulations and of bringing them into conformity with those at home. We need not enter into details of the new regulations as described by the Hon'ble Mr. Godfrey, M.B, the Surgeon-Genera], bu...

The moth Hylesia metabus and French Guiana lepidopterism: centenary of a public health concern

The females of the moths Hylesia metabus have their abdomens covered by urticating hairs looking like micro-arrows and causing a puriginous dermatitis to humans known as "papillonite" in French Guiana and also called yellowtail moth dermatitis or Caripito itch. The densities of the moths show great seasonal and annual variations depending on mechanisms mostly unknown. When H. metabus infestatio...

The Moth Hylesia Metabus and French Guiana Lepidopterism: Centenary of a Public Health Concern

The females of the moths Hylesia metabus have their abdomens covered by urticating hairs looking like micro-arrows and causing a puriginous dermatitis to humans known as “papillonite” in French Guiana and also called yellowtail moth dermatitis or Caripito itch. The densities of the moths show great seasonal and annual variations depending on mechanisms mostly unknown. When H. metabus infestatio...