Sir,?I trust that these notes though not altogether complete, may help to elucidate some more facts about this disease Having worked on estates since 1911 in treating Indian estate labourers. I can state that almost all dropsy, debility and anajmia on estates are due to this hookworm infection, as well as some cases of diarrhoea, dysentery, ulcers, &c. From the 1st of October 1914 up to the dat...

were cold and shrivelled, both pulses were almostimperceptible, the temperature was subnormal, there was agonising pain near the umbilicus and liver area accompanied with persistent bilious vomiting and purging. The stools resembled very much those of dysentery. The patient was restless and sighing in respiration. I took the history, and was told, that shortly after the boy had come back from J...

Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees (Acanthaceae) is a medicinal plant traditionally used for the treatment of cold, fever, laryngitis and several infectious diseases ranging from malaria to dysentery and diarrhoea. The plant is widely used in Ayurvedic and Homeopathic systems of medicines. The medicinal value of this plant is due to the presence of active ingredients viz andrographolide and...

This is a reprint of various lectures delivered by the Author on different occasions and of some papers contributed to the medical press. The Lettsomian Lectures on tropical dysentery and diarrhoea delivered in 1881 make up nearly one-half of the volume. The other subjects treated of are the Bael fruit, Liver Abscess, Malarial Splenic Cachexy, Beri-Beri, Bronchocele, Elephantiasis, Arabum, Fila...

Melastoma malabathricum L. (Melastomataceae) is one of the 22 species found in the Southeast Asian region, including Malaysia. Considered as native to tropical and temperate Asia and the Pacific Islands, this commonly found small shrub has gained herbal status in the Malay folklore belief as well as the Indian, Chinese, and Indonesian folk medicines. Ethnopharmacologically, the leaves, shoots, ...

The question of the frequency ot tubercle in India, especially in Bengal, has lately attracted considerable attention. It was formerly thought that tubercle was an uncommon disease in India, but this idea has long been found to be in| correct. It is now admitted that, in Bengal at least, tubercle is a common cause of death. When serving as Civil Surgeon of t le 2 Parganas, ten years ago, I was ...

INTRODUCTION Colitis caused by Entamoeba histolytica (EH) is prevalent in developing countries. Clinical presentation ranges from mild diarrhoea episodes to dysentery and liver abscess. Ameboma, a complication caused by EH invasion of the intestinal wall, is a rare presentation of amebiasis, occurring approximately in 1.5% of cases. Because of its insidious and variable clinical presentation on...

An attempt has been made to explore traditional medicinal knowledge of plant materials belonging to various genera of the Euphorbiaceae, readily available in Vidharbha region of Maharasthtra state. Ethnobotanical information were gathered through several visits, group discussions and cross checked with local medicine men. The study identified 7 species to cure skin diseases (such as itches, sca...

opinion that the publication of such cases helps to keep fresh in the minds of medical practitioners the vagaries of malaria. In this settlement of the Andamans we every now and then meet with rare, irregular, and interesting forms of malaria, and when you get such a case without the presence of other infections, it becomes doubly interesting, as I hope the notes below will show. Case.?Prisoner...

Rupture of an amoebic absccss of the liver into the pericardial cavity has been recorded on rare occasions. Two recent cases have been reported in the Indian Medical Gazette of July and August 1946, in which a definite pericarditis had been established by finding the E. histolytica. A similar case has come under my observation recently. The patient was admitted to hospital on 1st August, 1946, ...