A Second Case of Madura Foot Treated by Chemotherapy with Apparent Cure
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A Case of Madura Foot Treated by Chemotherapy. Apparent Cure
as incurable except by amputation, the following case may be of interest, and is published in the hope that those whose opportunities of meeting this disease are greater than mine may be induced to test this treatment. Madura foot would appear to be rare in Cachar, and the case reported is the second I have seen in three years. The first refused amputation and died some four months after being ...
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