An Epidemic of So-Called Naga Sore at Unao
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Last year, during the. rainy season, many cases of painful ulcer, round in shape, covered with dirty sloughs and undermined edges, were admitted in the District Hospital, Unao. They went on spreading and often several ulcers existed on one leg, but all of them were situated on the legs. All of them came to the hospital after about a fortnight or a month when they had tried all other treatment outside with no effect, so the early stages could not be seen, but they all gave history either of
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