Ophthalmic Notes from Midnapur

The Value of Ophthalmic Treatment in the Field.

THE basis of this article is the analysis of some 514 ophthalmic battle-casualties who were treated in a mobile ophthalmic unit during the Libyan Campaign. The period covered ranged from the end of\the year 1941 until the beginning of 1943. The analysis was compiled from notes made in the field and these were supplemented where possible by the results given on the follow-up cards received fr6m ...

Notes from ophthalmic practice in the eighteenth century.

Selected Pictures of Extra-Ocular Affections from the Museum of the Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Madras, with Explanatory Notes for Students and Post-Graduates

Ophthalmic Notes from Chapra

Cataract.?I enclose herewith a table (Table I) showing the total number of operations for senile cataract undertaken at the three in-door dispensaries in this district, with the number successful and percentage of successes taken from the records for the year 1891-1900. As regards this table there is little to say except that possibly more difficult cases were attempted at the Head-Quarter disp...

The Parasitology of Malaria among Destitutes in Calcutta during and after the Bengal Famine of 1943

During the summer of 1943, Bengal was in the grip of one of the worst famines on record for the province, and large numbers of destitute persons flocked to Calcutta, mainly from the neighbouring districts, viz, 24-Parganas, Hooghly and Midnapur. This influx of destitutes continued for several months. As these people suffered from fever and showed a high mortality, an investigation was started o...