Oriental Sore or Baghdad Boil
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General considerations. This disease occurs in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. The exact method of contracting the disease has not yet been definitely settled. Various parasites have been blamed, such as the bed-bug, the mosquito, and several others. Wenyon showed that an "oriental sore" can be experimentally produced by contaminating an abraded surface with some of the material from another sore. Auto-
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