A series of 237 cases of oesophageal carcinoma admitted to two thoracic units in Ceylon is analysed.Evidence suggestive of an aetiological link between betel chewing and high incidence of the tumour in Ceylon is presented. The sex incidence is unusual in that there is a preponderance of females in the series. A significant proportion of patients were women under 40 years of age. The middle thir...

Analysis of morbidity statistics in Government hospitals in Ceylon reveals that among the causes of morbidity, Pyrexias of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) rank second only to the enteric diseases. The contribution of leptospirosis to the group of P.U.O. has not been evaluated. Awareness of this disease in Ceylon was created by Falisevac and Arumainayagam (1959). They wrote, " Since the climatic, geogra...

1 Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Head Department of Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. President, Ceylon College of Physicians 2010. It is with great respect and profound feeling of humility that I accept the Presidency of the Ceylon College of Physicians. As I stand here, I am well aware of the history of our College which spans over 40 years and I feel privileged to be listed along...

Ceylon is a small island, 25,332 square miles in extent: its greatest length is 270 miles and its greatest width 140 miles. It is situated to the south of India lying between 5° 53'and 9°51'N. and between 70° 42' and 810 55' E. Most of the country is flat, the hilly parts being restricted to a small central area. The annual rainfall ranges from about 20 in. in the dry zone to 150-200 in. in the...

B.M.A. (GLOUCESTERSHIRE BRANCH) Hon. Secretary: Dr. H. G. Scott-Kerr, 29 Leckhampton Road, Cheltenham 13th Oct.: Mr. J. D. J. Freeman. Presidential Address: "A Naval Opthalmolog'3' Ceylon", and a film, colour and sound, "Land of the Buddha" Gloucester. 10th Nov.: Representatives' Report. Financial Statement. Film. Cheltenham. _ ^ 8th Dec.: Guest Speaker: Mr Brian Inglis, Editor of The Spectator...

session, and we learn from a report submitted by the Principal Dr. James Loos that six students out of eleven who presented themselves, after having undergone a searching examination, have been found qualified to practise medicine and surgery, and have been recommended to the colonial government for a license. The subjects taught in this school are descriptive and surgical anatomy, general anat...

The geographical situation of Ceylon led Cameron (I965) to suggest that the pterygium rate there would range from 5-5 to over io per cent., but the actual incidence appears to be much less for reasons which are discussed below. The incidence of pterygium has not been closely studied, first perhaps because it rarely causes blindness, secondly because the world's earliest eye hospitals were situa...

This book is written partly as a memorial to the author's father who was for many years a leader in every movement for the improvement of the physical and moral condition of the people of Ceylon. It is also written with a definite scientificobject. The book gives a complete account of the snakes of Ceylon, and though it is primarily a scientific work, it will also appeal greatly to the lover of...

Lead poisoning in childhood has been reported mainly from Japan, France, the United States, Great Britain, and Australia. Attention is drawn in this paper to the incidence of lead intoxication in childhood in Ceylon, seen and diagnosed within the past three years. Whereas in past reports the principal mode of lead intoxication in childhood has been from ingestion, in the present series inhalati...

I . Iodine metabolism was studied using labelled sodium iodide in subjects with endemic goitre which is prevalent in the south-west part of Ceylon, where the iodine content of the drinking water was shown to be low. The study was confined mostly to children of school age. 2. The patients showed raised thyroidal uptake of lS1I and 48 h serum protein-bound radioactive iodine, lowered plasma inorg...