Personal Observations on a Few Cases of Kala-Azar
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a new comer. The border districts are Nepal on the north, Bhagalpur on the west, Dinajpur on the east and Sonthal Parganas on the south. The water supply is mainly from shallow wells, 10 to 12 feet deep. Small hilly rivers intersect the district every where. There is abundant rainfall and great humidity of the atmosphere. The disease occurs in Purnea in sporadic form and except in three instances I did not
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