nounce the retirement from the service of Lieutenant-Colonel John Mai bland, m.d., of the Madras Medical Service. He entered the service in March 1876, and spent most of his service in civil employ, Madras. He was for many years Professor of Surgery in the Madras Medical College, more recently he was made Principal of the Medical College. For many years past he has taken a keen interest in the ...

Neurofibromatosis is a well-documented entity, having been first recorded by von Reck-linghausen (I882). When involvement of the orbit and eyelid occurs in this disease, the presentation may be manifold. Blepharoptosis commonly occurs and may be variable in degree. Where elephantiasis neuromatosa occurs in association with this, the drooping eyelid characteristically has the sensation of a bag ...

elephantiasis nostras verrucosa (env) is a rare condition in which hyperkeratosis, fibrosis and disfiguration of dermis occurs. it is caused mostly by non infectious diseases such as surgery, trauma, tumors, and venous obstructions. to our knowledge there is not any case report of env in middle east region. in this patient, env caused by trauma and patient presented with enlargement of right lo...

Sir,?In the issue for June 20th, 1898, there appeared a 1 letter from me asking for information on the above subject. ] was anxious to learn whether anyone had written upon Filarial Metamorphosis since Manson's book appeared.* No one replied to my enquiry except Dr. Patrick Manson, who directed me to a later work of his published in the Transactions 1 of the Linnean Society of London.f This bea...

BACKGROUND Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a so-called neglected tropical disease, currently overshadowed by higher-profile efforts to address malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. Despite recent successes in arresting transmission, some 40 million people who already have the disease have been largely neglected. This study aims to increase understanding of how this vulnerable, neglected group can b...

Sir, Hidradenitis suppurativa is a complex and challenging disease, the severity of which ranges from almost asymptomatic to one that severely affects the quality of life.[1] Clinicians often face severely affected patients who require a multi‐disciplinary approach for diagnosis and treatment. We report a patient not responding to conventional therapy, who was then treated with the help of a pl...

A Mahomm?dan male, aged 19, attended the Jainagar dispensary as an out-patient, during my incumbency, with swelling of his left leg. On questioning, he narrated that about six months previously, he had had an attack of fever associated with intense pain in the left leg with a reddish, painful, linear mark extending throughout the limb. This lasted about a fortnight, but disappeared on applicati...

Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa (ENV) is a rare clinical condition associated with chronic non-filarial lymphedema caused by bacterial or non-infectious lymphatic obstruction. A variety of etiologies, including infection, tumor obstruction, trauma, radiation, chronic venous stasis, congestive heart failure, and obesity, can lead to chronic lymphatic obstruction and edema. Mossy papules, plaques...

BACKGROUND Podoconiosis is a non-filarial form of elephantiasis resulting in lymphedema of the lower legs. Previous studies have suggested that podoconiosis arises from the interplay of individual and environmental factors. Here, our aim was to understand the individual-level correlates of podoconiosis by comparing 460 podoconiosis-affected individuals and 707 unaffected controls. METHODS/PRI...