Diphtheria in Hyderabad
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Sir,?During the last five years I have come across only three genuine cases of diphtheria in Hyderabad. From one of these a pure culture of Diphtheria Bacillus was obtained, which in morphological and cultural characters and in pathogenic effects upon animals, proved to be identical with the specific bacillus discovered by Klebs and Loeffler. Hence it is clear from this, that diphtheria does occur in tropical climates. It occurs in sporadic form as far as my knowledge goes, and in cold weather. The urine in all the three cases contained albumen and casts which could not be detected in the urine of several cases of severe throat affections. The presence of albumen and casts in the urine of a child suffering from throat affection but otherwise healthy, induces me to the conclusion that the case is one of diphtheria. As the examination of urine is a simple test, I should like to impress the medical profession to make use of it often for the diagnosis of diphtheria, as I believe it to be a safe and a very reliable test. This naturally is of more importance in places where bacteriological examination is not possible. The test is simple to carry out,'and takes only a few minutes to come to a definite conclusion. I have written these lines in order that the medical men who have more opportunities to see such cases should verify
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