A Note on the Pathology of Kala-Azar, or Beri-Beri, of Assam
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many years. Its clinical characteristics have been well recognized, and the relation established, which the disease bears to similar conditions in Ceylon, Burmah,the Dutch Colonies, etc., yet its etiology still remains obscure. The term Beri-Beri has been used in many instances to denote two conditions, in one of which the disease consists in peripheral neuritis affecting generally the lower limbs, while in the other progressive pernicious ansemia, accompanied by dropsy, constitutes the complaint. Comment has frequently been made as to the incongruity of linking dis-
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دوره 27 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016