HILL DIARRHŒA IN THE PLAINS.

Matinal (Hill) Diarrhœa

or 011 getting out of bed is characteristic. The second usually one or two hours later, the third say after breakfast, and the fourth about 10 or II A.M. For the rest of the day the patient is quite well, gets about his daily employment, takes his food with appetite and his exercise with energy. Next day, the same thing is repeated, the days grow into weeks and months before he seeks advice, so...

The Treatment of Hill Diarrhœa

The Etiology of Hill Diarrhœa

Sir,?In the January issue of the Indian Medical Gazette, you have a note on hill diarrhoea as it occurs at Darjeeling and Poona and suggest a record of the experience of Civil Surgeons at other hill stations. From an experience of three years at Ootacamund, the "Queen of Hill Stations," the period including four "seasons," and from information gathered from my predecessors as Civil Surgeon, or ...

The Relation of Elevation to Hill Diarrhœa

Sir,?I would like to add a little to Dr. Crombie's paper on liill diarrhoea, in your issue of May last, in regard to the factor of elevation. He has chosen the elevation of " 6,000 ft. or more " as the " region," par excellencc, of hill diarrhoea, probably because most of the hill stations are justa bove the lower limit; and. therefore, the height at which nearly every new arrival from the plai...

The Cause of Hill Diarrhœa Exemplified by the Sickness from the Disease in the Dhurmsalla

By "W. P. Dickson, Civil Surgeon, Goojerat. " The Dhurmsala Jail has been mentioned in the reports and public papers as being one of the most unhealthy in the Punjab." Such is the statement of the Medical Officer in charge? Dr. Taylor, in 1862. Having had charge of this jail for the past two years, the sickness, which is almost entirely limited to hill diarrhoea, has attracted my attention, and...