No detailed information regarding pestilences in Bengal is available before the Mohammedan period. Farishta, a contemporary of Akbar, mentions the occurrence of bubonic plague in Bihar in 1548. A very devastating pestilence ravaged Gaur*, the medieval capital of Bengal, in 1573. During this epidemic ' Thousands died daily; living were wearied with burying the dead. Corpses of Hindus and Mohamme...

The study pertains to the carcass traits of thirty yearling Sahabadi ewes that were raised under the semi intensive conditions by farmers in Bardhamman district of West Bengal. Sahabadi is one of the least studied sheep and owes its origin to Sahabad district of Bihar. The sheep bears coarse wool and is leggy. The results indicate that the dressing percentage of the ewes were low (39%). The wei...

1 Protozoology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, 108, C. R. Avenue, Kolkata 700 073, India 2 Department of Microbiology, NRS Medical College, 138 AJC Bose Road, Kolkata 700 014, India 3 Department of Zoology, A. P. C. Roy Govt. College, Himachal Bihar, Matigara, Siliguri734 010, West Bengal, India 4 Director, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, 108, C. R....

In the Punjab it is very rarely seen in the domesticated state. It is also possible that this ciliate is not a common inhabitant of the intestine of the Indian pig, as it could not be found in the faeces of three pigs examined from near Kasauli, Punjab. I have also been unable to find it in the stools of six monkeys. Bentham (1920) recorded its presence in large numbers in association with Enta...

The increasing trend of smoking among Indian population has led to a rise iD the incidenceof respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, emphysema and lung cancer. The deleterious effect of cigarette smoking on lung function particularly so on pulmonary ventilation hasbeen established beyond doubt by Wilson et al. (5), Aurbech et al. 0), Kasliwal et al. (3), Carlens (2) and Shaprio et al. (4)...