A condition known as ^^salt sick'' affects cattle kept too long on certain range areas in Florida. Loss of appetite, followed by progressive loss of condition even to the point of emaciation, are the most prominent symptoms. Recent investigations UY have proved this to be a nutritional an(^.mia. The concentration of hemoglobin in the blood of cattle has beeq. studied as an index of the developm...

We describe a case of erysipelas in a free-ranging endangered Hawaiian crow. The partially scavenged carcass exhibited gross emaciation and petechial hemorrhages in both lungs. Microscopy revealed multiple necrotic foci associated with gram-positive rods in the liver and adrenal, diffuse acute proximal tubular necrosis of kidney, diffuse necrosis and inflammation of proventricular mucosa associ...

Grey seals on the West Hoyle Bank feed on a variety of fish and have a high incideince of dermal lesions, often associated with emaciation and nematode parasite infection. Corynebacterium phocae has been isolated from an active lesion. The significance of' large numbers of seals in the Dee Estuary bearing lesions is discussed and the occurrence of seals with lesions elsewhere in British waters ...

A male tea garden labourer, aged 36 years, occupation chowkidar, was admitted in the Central Hospital on 25th May, 1948, from a neighbouring garden for the following chief complaints : (i) Irritating cough, (u) irregular rise of temperature, (Hi) loss of weight, and (iv) emaciation. Duration of illness?4 months. Previous history.?An attack of similar illness 2? years back which gradually improv...

A 56 years old male with chronic pancreatitis complained of intractable abdominal pain, anorexia, emaciation and peripheral edema. Medical treatment initiated only partial improvement in the general condition and hypoproteinemia. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography revealed multiple filling defects in the dilated main pancreatic duct. Endoscopic aspiration of pure pancreatic juice yi...

ture of our Indian diseases ; but there is evidence to show from record that it was not absolutely unknown to the practitioners of the Hindu system of medicine. The ancients gave the name Diabetes or Bohumootra (Polyuria) to a group of symptoms, the most prominent being augmented secretion of urine, thirst, dry skin, gradual emaciation and loss of strength. For want of a sufficient knowledge of...

Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychiatric disorder accompanied by high morbidity and mortality. It is characterized by emaciation due to self-starvation and displays a unique hormonal profile. Alterations in gonadal axis, growth hormone resistance with low insulin-like growth factor I levels, hypercortisolemia and low triiodothyronine levels are almost universally present and constitute an adap...