A Simple Treatment for Naga Sores

A Technique for the Treatment of Naga Sores with Penicillin

Tropical ulcers, known locally as Naga sores, were carried into the plains, of Assam in 1942 by refugees from Burma and by labour forces returning from work on the refugee routes; since then they have become a scourge among both villagers and tea-garden labour forces. All kinds of treatment for septic surfaces have been tried with varying success, but the majority of ulcers are very resistant t...

Naga Sores in Gwalior

Naga Sore

Sir,?Recently I read with interest the ' Report on the Occurrence of Naga Sore in Calcutta' by Drs. Panja and Ghosh in your January issue. In my sixteen years' practice, the disease was rarely found here; though it has been always endemic in the hilly parts 30 to 40 miles off from this tea estate. In 1942, some labourers who were sent for road work to the hills near the Burma border returned wi...

Naga Sore in Rajkot (Kathiawar)

In Charge West Hospital Laboratory, Rajkot A boy presented himself for treatment at the above hospital with ulcers on his legs that had the typical appearance of Naga sores. The boy gave a history that the lesions began as small pustules which ruptured and afterwards had spread until the condition shown in the photographs was presented. Diagnosis was confirmed by finding fusiform bacilli and sp...

Notes on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ulcus Tropicum

To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette. fcjiii,?I was interested to read Dr. Flora R. Innes' article on the treatment of ulcus tropicum in your August number. This condition is fairly common in Assam, where it is known as Naga sore. Hitherto we had been using plain eusol dressings, with results that on the whole were satisfactory. Experimentally, we adopted the treatment described by Dr. lim...