The Malarial Cachexia

The "Malarial Cachexia of India"

recognised condition, " cachexial fever," " tropical splenomegaly," are among the names which have been used, and if, as is expected, Rogers' discovery that the Leishman-Donovan bodies are stages in the development of a trypanosome is confirmed it will become necessary to revise the nomenclature of this disease, as well as sleeping-sickness and relapsing fever, as these all seem to be forni3 of...

Malarial Cachexia in the Garo Hills

of two cases, which proved fatal at the dispensary since I have had medical charge of the G-aro Hills district. I would premise that the disease occurs most frequently in the lower hills bordering on the plains, and on low marshy localities. It usually begins as an ordinary paroxysmal fever, tending, however, to the remittent type. The symptoms in the beginning are rarely violent, but from bein...

Malarial Fevers and Malarial Parasites

Reversing Cachexia

Muscle atrophy (cachexia) in cancer patients is a life-threatening condition for which therapeutic options are limited. Zhou et al. (2010) now identify a new target for treating cachexia, the activin type-2 receptor (ActRIIB). In several mouse models of cachexia, the authors reversed wasting of skeletal and cardiac muscle and increased life span by blocking ActRIIB with a decoy receptor.

Malarial Fevers

the examination of the blood, the taking of specimens of blood, the staining and microscopic examination of the blood and the great necessity of being acquainted with thtf appearance of normal blood. The three species of parasite, other' blood parasites, the method of collecting sample of blood for serum diagnosis, the examination of sputum, etc. These subjects are rightly included in this book...