Scurvy in the Famine Areas of Hissar District, Punjab

Tropical Ulcer in the Hissar District of the Punjab

so far from the Punjab.* This paper is based on a clinical observation of 60 cases of tropical ulcer occurring in the Hissar district of the Southern Punjab, where the climate is dry with little rainfall and the soil is mostly sandy. Etiology.?The following points were noted: (1) The ulcers were found generally in children and adolescents up to the age of 18, and were not common later. (2) They...

Scurvy in the Great Irish Famine: Evidence of Vitamin C Deficiency From a Mid-19th Century Skeletal Population

Scurvy has increasingly been recognized in archaeological populations since the 1980s but this study represents the first examination of the paleopathological findings of scurvy in a known famine population. The Great Famine (1845-1852) was a watershed in Irish history and resulted in the death of one million people and the mass emigration of just as many. It was initiated by a blight which com...

Infantile Scurvy in the Punjab

Entomological Investigations of DF/DHF Outbreak in Rural Areas of Hissar District, Haryana, India

Entomological investigations were carried out in six out of 18 villages which reported DF/DHF outbreaks and in four randomly-selected non-affected villages of Hissar district in Haryana State during August 1996. The investigations revealed the establishment of the breeding of vector species, Aedes aegypti, in artificial containers in domestic and peri-domestic situations due to water storage pr...

Ethnobotanical studies on plant resources of Mangowal, District Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract Objective: This study was conducted to collect indigenous traditional knowledge about the medicinal plants and their uses in Mangowal, District Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan. Materials and Methods: The ethnomedicinal data were gathered through questionnaires and extensive personal dialogues with native individuals comprising 40 males and 20 females of diverse age groups between 50 to 80 yea...