The Frequency of Sprue among Indians in Madras
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at the Government General Hospital, Madras. The patients are from all castes living in the city of Madras, and there are also a few cases that have come from Mambalam, a suburb situated four miles away to the south of the city on the South Indian Railway. Mambalam is built on the site of a tank which has been recently drained. It, therefore, has a loose alluvial soil and a damp atmosphere. It has no pro-
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