Malarial Poisoning

A Case of Acute Malarial Poisoning, Enteric Fever Ensuing. Complicated by Brain and Lung Symptoms, Also by Extensive Cancrum Oris

Report on an Outbreak of Boils and Ulcers in the 36th Regiment Native Infantry

Towards the latter end of the year an outbreak o f boils and ulcers occurred among the men which deserves some special remarks. I shall therefore give a short account of the attack under the following heads, viz., cause, forms of commencement, duration, varieties, complications and site, and treatment. (a.) Cause.?With regard to the cause I am of opinion that it was primarily due to malarial po...

A Case of Blackwater Fever Precipitated by Ptomaine Poisoning Due to Unclean Degchies

Mr. T. 11., a European, aged 34, has been suffering off and on for some months past from a subtertian malarial fever. He has been taking quinine regularly. On the 3rd January, 1932, he came in from the jungles with such an attack, and apart from taking 4 tabloids (Burroughs and Wellcome) of quinine bihydrochloride, 5 grains each, daily, he took no other treatment. On the 4th January, 1932, he t...

Malarial Pigment (hematin) as an Active Factor in the Production of the Blood Picture of Malaria

1. Intravenous injections of alkaline hematin in the rabbit produce an anemia the severity of which is proportional to the amount of hematin injected and the susceptibility of the animal. 2. Hemoglobinemia is an occasional consequence of hematin poisoning. 3. The leucocytes in hematin intoxication are usually increased in number and are always characterized by a high percentage of large mononuc...

Acute Malarial Poisoning: Death in 24 Hours

on the whole very much resemble the yellow fever of equatorial regions. The best treatment for such cases, if seen at an early period, appears to be, to open the bowels promptly and effectually ; 1 > grains of calomel with 10 grains of quinine may be given at once, followed in two hours by a good saline draught having 10 grains of quinine in it. Blood ought to be drawn by cupping or leeching ov...