An Interesting Case of Oriental Sore
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was present. The glands of the neck were enlarged. On enquiry I was told that she had never been out of Calcutta, and I gave instructions that I would see the case again a fortnight later. She was again brought to me on the 20th December, 1924. By this time the sore had increased considerably in size, and there was a very marked scab. I punctured the edge of the sore and found Leishmania tropica parasites present. On further pressing enquiries, it transpired that the patient had left Calcutta in the third or fourth week of October 1923, halting on her way at Benares for a couple of days. She reached Ferozepore in the Punjab at the end of October
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