MADRAS GENERAL HOSPITAL.

Cases from Madras General Hospital

Most of the cases came from Black Town, the majority being of the malignant tertian type. Qu<irtan is apparently making its wa}7 gradually into the north of Black Town from Ennore and Tiruvottiyur, as some of the patients affected with this species of plasmodium hied from this locality ; their history was clear and admitted of no doubt. A few cases of malaria of long standing were induced to re...

Report of the General Hospital, Madras

Elihu Yale and the medicine he promoted: the government general hospital and Madras Medical College, India.

Much has been written about the philanthropist Elihu Yale and his life in the Americas and England, where he spent his beginnings and end. Less publicized is his life in India, where he spent the majority of his adult life and where he raised his family. A major contribution of Elihu Yale to medicine in India was his promotion of a local hospital in the major Indian trading port city of Madras....

Some Notes on the Different Diseases Diagnosed as Fever in the General Hospital at Madras

as in the cases of fever which will be referred to directly. It may be noticed that the term " simple continued fever" did not come into use until 1872, and even then only three cases were returned. The largest number of such cases was diagnosed in 1877 when 409 were treated, since then the proportion has been falling, although the total number of cases treated has increased} this is probably d...

Gleanings from the Records of the Government Maternity Hospital, Madras

WE propose in this article to give the experiences of this hospital in the treatment of puerperal eclampsia, and to touch upon some of the salient features of this condition noted here So far, no analysis of a large number of cases of puerperal eclampsia in Indian cities has been published in recent years. _ The last article on the subject was a paper read in 1908 by Major G G Giffard, a former...