Blackwater Fever in the Hills

On Malarial Fevers and Sites, Relating Chiefly to Assam

top of the fence. A large number of the Assamese villages are thus surrounded. I noticed many instances of this among villages situated on what I believed to be excessively malarial sites at the foot of the Naga range of hills, in the district of Seebsaugor, the inhabitants of which appeared all to enjoy average health and comfort; and even imported laborers located in the neighbourhood when si...

Amœbiasis and Blackwater Fever

were undertaken. In one area it was over 90 per cent, but since the introduction of these measures the spleen rate has been much reduced with a fall in the incidence of malaria and blackwater fever. Due to the war, difficulty in obtaining oil for spraying is being experienced, and the spleen rate is rising. During the past 12 years, I have seen 33 cases of blackwater fever in my practice in the...

A Case of Blackwater Fever

Blackwater Fever in Children, Burundi

Blackwater fever is characterized by acute intravascular hemolysis with hemoglobinuria in patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Its pathogenesis and management are still debated. Nine cases of this syndrome occurred in 2003 at Kiremba Hospital in Burundi in children receiving multiple quinine treatments.

Vitex Peduncularis in the Treatment of Blackwater Fever

Sir,?I read with interest Dr. Measham's article on ' Vitex peduncularis in the Treatment of Blackwater Fever' appearing in the January 1940 issue of the Indian Medical Gazette. Indeed, there exists a common belief amongst the tea planters that Vitex "peduncularis is a cure for blackwater fever, and it is for this reason that the plant is being cultivated in numerous tea estates and forest nurse...