Torticollis and Convulsions Apparently Due to Ascariasis
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Tetanic Convulsions Apparently Due to Ascariasis
Medical, Officer, Civil Hospital, Comilla On 1st September, 1942, at about 8 p.m., a boy, aged 6 years, was brought to the hospital. His father stated that in the morning he complained of pain in the abdomen, especially in the umbilical regiom In spite of the continuous dull pain he was given ordinary rice diet which he vomited. At about 5 p.m. convulsions started which gradually increased in i...
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