Action of White Santonin in Night-Blindness Due to Intestinal Worms
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Sir,?I had a creat mind to send this article, long ago, to be published in your esteemed paper, but ruther shrunk from so doing, as from none of my available books I could find any information with regard to wonderful therapeutic action of White Santonin ordinarily supplied from Government Medical Stores in India. I referred the matter some three months ago to my Medical Officer, Captain J. B. Dalzell Hunter, i.m.s., Agency Surgeon in Siestan, who kindly advised me to send the two cases that, derived benefit at my hands from Santonin to your paper. First case:?A gardener, aged 80 years, came to my dispensary complaining of night-blindness. I recognized him and asked him whethei he had come to the dispensary about a
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