A Case of Dermatitis Exfoliata Cured by the Injection of Urea-Stibamine (Brahmachari)
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A Case of Probable Dermal Leishmaniasis
ment there was no appreciable change in his condition. At this stage my attention was drawn to the case of ' dermatitis exfoliata ' cured by injections of urea-stibamine, reported by Dr. Norrie in the Indian Medical Gazette for March, 1927, p. 142; and to an article on dermal leishmanoid by Dr. B. M. Das Gupta in the April 1927 number of the same journal, p. 199. I accordingly changed the treat...
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