Some Interesting and Peculiar Cases at Poonamallee, Madras, from 1883 to 1885
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By Surgeon John D. T. RECKITT, M.S. Tiie Station Hospital of Poonamallee Convalescent Depot, is situated about 12 miles inland from Madras. Tlie hospital is a magnificent airy building, and will accommodate quite 100 sick, which are supplied from all European stations of the Madras Presidency, including Burma. The bazar and village, with a population of 12,000 or 14,000, are close to the hospital; and this is unfortunate, as the prevalence of cholera in the filthy little native huts after the rains is frequent, and, of course, carries with it much anxiety to the Medical Officer in charge ot the station. The cautonmeut is surrounded by paddy fields, and these being constantly saturated with the water which rice requires for its cultivation, do not, one would think, increase the sanitary state of the locality. Fever would be expected to be common ; but it is rare
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Some Interesting and Peculiar Cases at Poonamalee, Madras, from 1883 to 1885
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