The aetiology of acute diarrhoea was investigated in 245 children less than 3 years old in a paediatric outpatient clinic in southern India. In 55% of the children organisms were found in the stools, and one quarter were infected with multiple organisms. Viruses, enteropathogenic E. coli, shigella and campylobacter species accounted for 75% of all isolates. Cholera and helminthiasis were rare, ...

As this fluke is one of the rarer parasites inhabiting the intestine of man, a description of it might be of in tersest. Reviewing the literature on the subject at my disposal, I find that only two cases have been reported from Assam one by Dr. Sinclair of Selangor in 1889 and the other by Dr. Giles. The parasite seems to be fairly common in China. Case.?Convict Junab Ali was received from the ...

The findings from epidemiological data that were collected from emergency camps for Ethiopian refugees during a mass influx of refugees into Eastern Sudan in 1985 are presented. An overall mortality of 8.9 per 10,000 a day was recorded during February 1985, and in children under 5 years of age the rate was 22 per 10,000 a day. The estimated prevalence of malnutrition (calculated as less than 80...

Jasminum amplexicaule Buch-Ham. (Oleaceae) has been commonly used in the traditional medicine in dysentery, diarrhoea and bellyache in China. In the present work, the methanol extract of Jasminum amplexicaule (JME) was examined for pharmacology on human colonic epithelial cell line T84 by the short-circuit current technique. The results showed that pretreatment of T84 cells with JME produced a ...

The Island of Mauritius had formerly the reputation of being one of the healthiest of the British colonies within the tropics. Its character has sadly changed. For several years past fever and dysentery have prevailed extensively amongst the Indian population, and the annual rate of mortality has steadily increased until it has attained an average of 31 per thousand in the rural districts, and ...

Musa paradisiaca L. and Musa sapientum L. (Musaceae) are mainly grown in the tropical and subtropical countries and are widely used for its nutritional values all over the world. The fruits as well as the other parts of the plant are used to treat different diseases in human in traditional medicine. This review presents the scientific information on the traditional uses, phytochemistry and phar...

A wide range of aquatic plants have been proven to release allelochemicals, of them phenolics and tannin are considered rather widely distributed. Tannins, however, have been demonstrated to have genotoxic capacity. In our study genotoxic potential of Lythrum salicaria L. (Purple Loosestrife, family Lythraceae) was assessed by the mussel micronucleus test, using Unio pictorum. In parallel, tota...

Asparagus racemosus is an herbaceous perennial plant. It is the most important rasayana herb in Ayurvedic medicine which grows in low forest areas throughout India. Their medicinal usages have been reported in indigenous systems of medicine, Indian and British Pharmacopoeias. In Ayurveda, A. racemosus has been used extensively as an adaptogen to increase the non-specific resistance of organisms...

To the Editor, Indian Medical Gazette. Sir,?I have tried tincture of iodine in dysentery and diarrhoea in more than 100 cases and found that excepting a few cases all of them were cured by tincture of iodine administered in ten drops doses three times a day. In order to avoid burning in the throat due to tincture of iodine, I used to add a drachm of glycerin per dose. I had noted that though so...

more chronic forms of dysenteric infection are proverbial; a recent observation, wit'h full laboratory facilities, by Manifold (1) of 129 cases gave 59 cases where the infecting organism was not proved, and many other authorities have from time to time stressed the difficulties experienced in this connection. One of the most frequent conditions which the practitioner in India is called upon to ...