Notes on Cases of Pellagra Encountered in Calcutta
نویسندگان
چکیده
were typical, but though she was dull and unresponsive it was not possible to say that her mental condition was in any way abnormal. Her blood picture was still microcytic and hypochromic, but her hemoglobin was up to the normal average of her class at the time of discharge. Case 2.?D. C., Bengalee Hindu female, aged 35 years, non-vegetarian, was admitted on 2nd June, 1937, for dermatitis affecting the upper and lower extremities and diarrhoea?duration two months. The dermatitis started as small papules on the toes, spreading upwards, with discharge and exfoliation. On admission, the patient was anaemic and there was cedema of the legs. There was exfoliation of the skin around the mouth with pigmentation, the teeth and mouth were very unhealthy and the tongue was red and sore. She had low fever and her pulse was 110. Her heart and lungs showed no abnormality, the liver
منابع مشابه
Pellagra in the United Provinces
are only 34 cases more reported from different parts of India and one from Burma. Out of the 34 cases 12 were seen in Southern India (Guntur 4, Vizagapatam 8), one in Poona, 16 in the Punjab (Lahore 1, Kangra District 15) and 5 in Calcutta. Napier (1939) reports that they encounter 6 to 12 cases a year in the outdoor clinic of the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine. No cases have yet been rep...
متن کاملAcute pellagra in a child under treatment with isoniazid.
Toxic manifestations during isoniazid therapy are encountered in less than 5% of cases treated, and we have been able to trace little mention of them in children in the literature. The drug is now widely used in the treatment of tuberculosis and is universally prescribed as an adjuvant to streptomycin in tuberculous meningitis. The following case report concerns a child who developed pellagra l...
متن کاملNotes on One Hundred and Eleven Cases of Ruptures of Internal Organs
CASES OF RUPTURES OF INTERNAL ORGANS. By S. COULL MACKENZIE, M. D., Police Surgeon, Calcutta. DuuiNG the period of nine years embraced by my notes on the medico-legiil autopsies which have come under my notice as police surgeon of Calcutta, there were 111 ruptures of internal organs, aud as they will, I believe, form an interesting addition to our practical knowledge of the subject, I shall ask...
متن کاملA Case of Throttling
By S. Coull MACKENZIE, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., Police Surgeon, Calcutta. The only case of throttling which came under my notice as Police Surgeon of Calcutta, during the nine years 1 have referred to in my previous notes on medico-legal cases, has the following history :? In August, 1884, No. 12, Panchee Dhobee's Lane, Calcutta, was a brothel, in which resided several native prostitutes, each having ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 74 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1939