Maniacal Symptoms in Ascariasis
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me one evening held between six men. They stated that, on the pyrexia slightly abating, the patient, who had been quiet in bed till then, began getting up and running about. Examination had to be done with the patient standing and held by the attendants and hence a thorough one was not possible. He was all the time trying to pull himself out of the grip of the attendants and was making the sound of spitting with his lips, though actually no fluid came out.
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دوره 83 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 1948