" 3rd.?It might prevent the suppurative stage of the disease. "Of the 18 cases, 4 have died, 3 of these having been brought in a very bad state to the dispensary, and where I consider my opportunities for treatment were not good: the 4th case was treated for 4 or 5 days, and, when apparently well, the patient suddenly fell back without any premonitory symptoms, and died. The other 14 cases have...

Abscess of the lung is aptly defined by Maxwell (1934) as 'non-tuberculous suppuration with cavitation occurring in the lung tissue \ Nowadays, it is generally agreed that abscess and gangrene of the lung clinically are different stages of the same pathological process which is likely to appear under certain conditions. The stage of the suppurative process will depend upon the virulence of the ...

Toungoo Hospital under my care, the glands continued to enlarge and indurate for a considerable time, and resisted all absorbent remedies employed to reduce them, either applied externally or given by the mouth, viz., locally, Ung. Pot. Iodidi, Lint. Iodine, Fort. Tinct. Iodine, Sol.Ferri Sulphatis or Velpeau's Solution which, in some cases of glandular inflammation, I have found beneficial in ...

Tropical pyomyositis (TPM) is a disease characterized by suppuration occurring within skeletal muscle, resulting in single or multiple abscesses within large muscle groups Although initially reported exclusively from the tropics, worldwide incidence is increasing as more and more cases are diagnosed with increasing awareness about the condition. A short review with review of literature is prese...