The Result of Amputation of a Limb for Filarial Lymphangitis and Elephantiasis
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nf +i reniove a disability due to the heaviness the elephantoid limb (Chatterji, loc. cit). ^ evertheless, there is also a feeling that amputaJ!on the affected limb is a measure of treatment of filariasis. Maitland (1891) says that when the health of the patient is harassed by constantly recurring attacks of inflammation, the lnjib must be amputated This seems to indicate that amputation would cure the patient of hlariasis.
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دوره 78 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1943