Endemic Fluorosis in the Nellore District of South India
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چکیده
About the month of April 1936 the district health officer, Nellore, Dr. Lakshminarayana, had his attention drawn by the health inspectors of Podili and Darsi ranges of the Nellore district to a disease characterized by a definite train of symptoms and which was very prevalent in the district. The most obvious symptoms of this disease were stiffness and pain in the spinal region and in various joints. Cattle were stated to be similarly affected. In August 1936, the district health officer drew the attention of the Director of Public Health, Madras, to the existence of this disease and suggested that an investigation unit should be despatched from the King Institute, Guindy, to study the disease
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