This Memoir is a continuation of that by Major Greig, of the same name, numbered 45. It gives a complete history of the recent outbreak of epidemic dropsy in Calcutta, but does not contain much that is new on that subject. There is a valuable note on the outbreak resembling beri-beri which took place in the Basti Jail in 1910, but we do not learn if the disease was beri-beri or epidemic dropsy....

For the pastseventy years a number of theories have been put forward to explain the causation of eidemic dropsy. Notable amongst these are that it is due to an 'infection' or an ' intoxication ' acquired from diseased rice or adulterated mustard oil, the latter being commonly used in this part of the country as a cooking fat and also for external application. Sagayam (1927) (Cf. also Sarkar, 19...

It would prolong tliia already lengthy paper unduly were I to enter on a discussion of that protean malady, beri-beri, with the literature of which I have pretty fully acquainted myself, or to refer to other epidemics of dropsy which have been described as prevailing in Brazil and elsewhere. I beliSve that the term beri-beri has been applied to a number of different diseased conditions, and tha...

of articles on ' Epidemic Dropsy '??the burning question of the day?even in the remotest villages. The treatment indicated is tincture ephedra vulgaris for the heart, which is analogous to the action of adrenalin and so will accelerate the heart. What should be done in the following case of epidemic dropsy? (1) Patient, aged 7 years; history of beri-beri? three months. (2) Sudden dilatation of ...

Background:Epidemic dropsy occurs due to ingestion of mustard oil contaminated with oil from Argemone mexicana, leading to edema and tenderness of the abdomen, upper and lower limbs. In this study, clinical profiles of patients presented with epidemic dropsy in north India are described. Methods: This was a prospective study of patients presented with epidemic dropsy to the emergency department...

Dropsy appears to be a disease of frequent occurrence in Dublin, and the greater number of those affected with such complaints resort to Steevens' Hospital; in the chronic wards of which, an excellent opportunity is offered for investigating a disease, to the pathology of which little has been added until within these very few years. It is unfortunate, indeed, that medical writers, in general, ...