Anæmia in Indian Coolies
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Sir,?I trust that these notes though not altogether complete, may help to elucidate some more facts about this disease Having worked on estates since 1911 in treating Indian estate labourers. I can state that almost all dropsy, debility and anajmia on estates are due to this hookworm infection, as well as some cases of diarrhoea, dysentery, ulcers, &c. From the 1st of October 1914 up to the date of writing this, I have treated 115 cases that were brought to my dispensary voluntarily by the relations of the patients ; had I treated compulsorily, the number would have been greater than this. Out of these 115 cases two died after parturition and one of
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On Certain Cyclical Changes Observed in the Blood Pictures of Cases of Untreated Anæmia Complicating Pregnancy in Tea Estate Coolies *Read before British Medical Association at Shillong, 11th March, 1939.
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