organism present in infected food. However, the etiology of epidemic dropsy has not been definitely ascertained yet; so it will be interesting in the cause of scientific study to collect the details of an epidemic in mofussil towns. With the above view I have collected the following information about the outbreak of the epidemic dropsy in the Malda Jail during this year. My predecessor, Dr. Bas...

Chopra et al. (1939) showed, by a controlled feeding experiment in man, that argemone oil (expressed from the seeds of a weed Argemone mexicana) produces symptoms resembling those of epidemic dropsy. In this experiment five individuals, who ate food cooked in mustard oil containing known quantities of argemone oil, developed well-marked oedema and two of them showed the characteristic flushed a...

background:epidemic dropsy occurs due to ingestion of mustard oil contaminated with oil from argemone mexicana, leading to edema and tenderness of the abdomen, upper and lower limbs. in this study, clinical profiles of patients presented with epidemic dropsy in north india are described. methods: this was a prospective study of patients presented with epidemic dropsy to the emergency department...