Notes on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ulcus Tropicum

Ulcus Tropicum in Fazilka (Punjab)

Notes on Ulcus Tropicum in the Jharia Coalfieds in 1922

Sir,?Noting in your comment on Dr. Doshi's letter in the January 1930 issue of the Gazette that you had found the infection among the grass cutters of the Cavalry Regiments in the U. P. in 1909?11. I was struck by your finding as compared with mine in the few notes I made upon the disease in late October 1922. The statistics are from four fairly large collieries which were then under my charge,...

The Treatment of Ulcus Tropicum

Sir,?;In your issue for April 1930, Dr. Hebbar of Byndoor. South ICnnara, asked for details of " Dr. Hugh Smith's method" of treatment of tropical ulcers, as carried out by me. The details are as follows:? As soon as the patient is admitted the part is well washed with hot water. Pure iodoform is then sprinkled on the ulcer and a charcoal poultice is then applied. This process is repeated three...

Observations on "Ulcus Tropicum" in North Palestine

It is notorious that in North Palestine, any abrasion tends to go septic, and takes a long time to heal. This is probably due to climatic conditions, possibly to fly contamination. In marked contrast to Northern France, no cases of tetanus have been reported. During the last 14 mpnths in Roshpina, though very many abrasions, often septic, and contaminated with soil, have been treated, not a sin...

Ulcus Tropicum in Kanara District

To the Editor, The; Indian Medicai, GazUTTE. Sir,?I was much interested in the two accounts in the Gazette for December. 1929, and January, 1930, of a special kind of ulcer (" Naga sore") on the leg encountered by the writers in Gwalior and Rajputana respectively. From the authors' description of the sore, its site, its mode of onset, its resistance to anti-syphilitic measures, its relationship...