Surgical Complications of Filariasis
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Sir,?The article on filariasis by Dr. P. N. Ray, in the April number of the Indian Medical Gazette, has just come to my attention and I have read it with a great deal of interest. In addition to the drugs Mentioned there for the treatment of this disease I Would like to suggest one more which we have used at this hospital for a number of years with considerable benefit to the patients, namely, urea stibamine. The dosage is about the same as is used in the treatment of kala-azar, and 10 to 14 injections are given. It probably cannot be claimed that this drug can cause a complete cure of filariasis, but in most cases it does produce a marked decrease in the fever, swelllng_ and adenitis, with definite relief of the suffering which these patients have to endure. In our opinion *t gives the best results of any of the drugs we have used in the treatment of filariasis and has the advantage of being so low in price as to be available to the poorer classes of people.
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