Sanitary Notes in Poona

Notes on Sand-Flies: Part IV—Some Important Variations in the Morphology of Phlebotomus Argentipes Found in Poona

Abdominal Surgery: Notes and Observations on the Operative Work of the Miraj Hospital for the Year, 1915, Including Some More Recent Cases *Paper read at the meeting of the Poona Medical Society, October 3rd, 1916.

There were 347 abdominal operations per formed in the Miraj Hospital in 1915 excluding hernias. The following notes and observations pertain only to those included under "Abdominal," 212 cases in all, from which certain series are selected for comments. The 135 abdominal operations upon the uterus and appendages will be reserved for a future communication. Before referring to the different grou...

A Further Note on the Occurrence of Typhoid Fever in the Natives of India

was put on record a series of eleven cases of typhoid fever in natives. These cases were diagnosed definitely by means of the reaction which the blood serum gave with the bacillus typhosus. Many of them had been diagnosed clinically as typhoid fever, while, on the other hand, in some cases the diagnosis had only been settled by means of the serum test. The present note consists of the record of...

Daniel W. Mead, pioneer educator, ethicist, and consultant.

Introduction An early textbook in hydrology (Mead 1919) contains a remarkable chapter on ground water as well as two chapters on geology. The author, Daniel W. Mead, a professor of hydraulic and sanitary engineering at the University of Wisconsin (now the University of WisconsinMadison), based the text on lecture notes (published earlier, Mead [1904]) for his course in general hydrology. In fac...

Notes on Surgical Cases in the David Sassoon General Hospital, Poona

symphysis menti, the right side only measuring 4 inches. The mouth was in a very dirty condition, the whole of the gums being soft, spongy and very foetid. The teeth were covered with tartar and sordes, but no decay. The bony swelling extended to the centre of the floor of the mouth. Atone point opposite the first lower left bicuspid slight fluctuation could be felt. So on the 8th July 1 punctu...