Catarrhal Jaundice in Calcutta

Latent Liver Disease in Persons Recovered from Catarrhal Jaundice and in Otherwise Normal Medical Students as Revealed by the Bilirubin Excretion Test.

The frequency with which chronic non-hemolytic jaundice occurs in otherwise healthy young persons is not commonly recognized, nor 'is it usually appreciated how often an uncomplicated attack of catarrhal jaundice is followed by residual liver dysfunction which persists long after the acute episode. The present study was prompted by the accidental discovery of a relatively large number of medica...

Infective Hepatitis and Catarrhal Jaundice

Hepatitis and its Sequelæ

HEPATITIS may be due to many causes, among which are:-1. Infectious Agents-(a) Unknown Virus-catarrhal jaundice homologous serum jaundice (b) Known Virus-yellow fever (c) Leptospiral Infection Weil's Disease The most important cause of hepatitis today is infection by a virus. This is the condition commonly called catarrhal jaundice or infective hepatitis. It is also known as epidemic hepatitis,...

Incidence of Lung Diseases among Seamen Examined at the Port of Calcutta in 1952

or Saloon after being declared fit by the Medical Officers of the shipping lines.. Any candidate in whom catarrhal signs or any abnormal sounds were detected in the lungs on clinical examination was declared to have clinically unhealthy lungs and was advised further investigation by X-ray, differential blood count, erythrocytic sedimentation rate, examination of sputum for acid-fast bacilli etc...

An Epidemic of Jaundice in Alipuram Jail, Bellary, from January to July 1931

Alipuram Jail was opened in September 1921 with a population of 3,230 Moplahs, all concerned in the Moplah rebellion. The first cases of jaundice occurred in September 1922, but these were apparently ordinary cases of catarrhal jaundice and there were only 4 cases recorded for the whole year. I have shown in tabular form the number of cases that occurred during each year from the time the jail ...