As a rule the diagnosis of non-specific haemorrhagic proctocolitis is easy when the case history is characteristic and when the patients can be examined during an active phase of the disease. In the majority of such cases sigmoidoscopy will reveal typical changes, as will radiological examination if a substantial part of the colon is involved in the pathological process. The diagnosis can, howe...

To the Editor of The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir,?After reading through the extract from the Practitioner on the abortive treatment of gonorrhoea in the December 1921 issue of the Indian Medical Gazette, I decided to try it on the next suitable case I got. A Parsi, age 24, came to me on the 13th January, 1922, with a history that he had been exposed to infection on the 10th, and that the discha...

Sixty-nine positive cultures were obtained from sixty-nine specimens of sputum from practically all stages of tuberculosis. Six of these specimens were negative by direct microscopic examination, but the cultures gave positive findings. These six specimens have been positive for tubercle bacilli at some time. Nineteen positive cultures were isolated from thirty-two specimens of feces. All these...

The examination of hair collected from crime scenes is an important and highly informative discipline relevant to many forensic investigations. However, the forensic identification of animal (non-human) hairs requires different skill sets and competencies to those required for human hair comparisons. The aim of this is paper is not only to highlight the intrinsic differences between forensic hu...

We compared light microscopy examination and a semi-nested multiplex PCR (SnM-PCR) assay in endemic areas of the Islamic Republic of Iran. A total of 68 individuals with malaria-positive and suspected malaria symptoms were included in the study. Giemsa-stained thick blood films were examined under a light microscope for malaria parasites in 100 and 200 fields. DNA was extracted from blood sampl...

and tartar was present. Tongue was slightly coated in the middle. The edges were red and painful; the patient could not take hot and pungent things. Spleen and liver were not enlarged. Abdomen was a Jittle flabby. The patient was having loose motions 3 to o a day. They were very bulky, though the amount or food taken was considerably less. Colour of the stools was yellowish, they were also frot...

A retrospective study of the results of dipstick testing and microscopical examination ofurine from 10 050 men undergoing health screening showed a prevalence of occult haematuria of 2-5%. Those patients with occult haematuria who were resident in the United Kingdom and registered with a general practitioner were identified and a questionnaire sent to their general practitioners asking what fur...

calcifying odontogenic cyst (coc), central odontogenic fibroma (cof) and aggressive central giant cell granuloma (cgcg) are rare pathologic diseases affecting the jaws. while the co-existence of two of them is reported in the literature, existence of all three conditions in one patient is an extremely rare entity. in the present report, initial biopsy revealed fibrosarcoma, therefore mandibular...