Ophthalmic Notes from Chapra

The need for community inclusion in water basin governance in Bangladesh

Background The research that informs this study was conducted in Chapra village, Kushtia District, Bangladesh, located about 20 km east of the Indian border. Chapra is located within the Ganges Dependent Area (GDA) in Bangladesh which, in turn, is located within the Ganges–Brahmaputra Basin (GBB), one of the largest river basins in the world by area and second only to the Amazon in terms of the...

Surgical Cases from the Chapra Charitable Dispensary

By Surgn.-Major T. R. Macdonald, m.b., l.e.c.s., Edin ?om notes by Asst.-Surgn. Upendra Naryan Rai.) v jt Two Cases Of Ovarian Tumour?Operation Recovery.?Jamni, a Hindu female, a<*ed about 45 years, admitted on the 2nd November 1894 for ovarian tumour. She was the mother of eight children, of whom five are still living, the youngest being eight years of age. Since the birth of her last child, s...

The Value of Ophthalmic Treatment in the Field.

THE basis of this article is the analysis of some 514 ophthalmic battle-casualties who were treated in a mobile ophthalmic unit during the Libyan Campaign. The period covered ranged from the end of\the year 1941 until the beginning of 1943. The analysis was compiled from notes made in the field and these were supplemented where possible by the results given on the follow-up cards received fr6m ...

Notes from ophthalmic practice in the eighteenth century.

Dilution of 210Pb by organic sedimentation in lakes of different trophic states, and application to studies of sediment-water interactions’

Lake sediments reflect conditions in the water column and can be used for rapid, integrative measurements of limnological variables. Examination of 2LoPb-dated cores from 12 Florida lakes of widely differing trophic state (expressed as Carlson’s trophic state index: TSI) shows that net accumulation rate of organic matter is related to primary productivity in the water column. In 26 other lakes ...