Exploring Tropical Rice Diseases: A Reminiscence

of Tropical Diseases Tropical Sprue

One of the more mysterious and still rather poorly understood diseases seen in the tropical regions of the world is Tropical Sprue (TS). TS is a clinical syndrome with an unknown etiology typically characterized by an acquired chronic diarrheal illness, small bowel mucosal abnormalities and malabsorption resulting in nutritional deficiencies and weight loss [1]. These are vague symptoms which c...

Tropical Diseases

This is a reprint of various lectures delivered by the Author on different occasions and of some papers contributed to the medical press. The Lettsomian Lectures on tropical dysentery and diarrhoea delivered in 1881 make up nearly one-half of the volume. The other subjects treated of are the Bael fruit, Liver Abscess, Malarial Splenic Cachexy, Beri-Beri, Bronchocele, Elephantiasis, Arabum, Fila...

Tropical Diseases

of all physicians practising medicine in the East, because it is just the sort of work so many have felt the need of, viz., a handy manual of the diseases of warm climates brought up to date. The author has done well to cut himself adrift from the old traditions, from the red tape, statistics, and references to antiquated authorities and theories. He has relegated the telluric, miasmatic, elect...

Tropical Diseases

Group reminiscence among people with end-stage chronic lung diseases.

BACKGROUND Reminiscence is a process of recalling long-forgotten memorable experiences and events through verbal interaction between the person eliciting memories and one or more persons. Reminiscence is considered an effective treatment for various groups of people, particularly the elderly. AIM This paper describes an intervention study on group reminiscence intervention for people with end...