98 Ceylon Medical Journal A 84-year old white man presented with haematuria, intermittent bleeding per urethra and poor urine stream. Cystourethroscopy revealed a wide based nodular tumour in the bulbar urethra. He had bilateral enlarged inguinal lymph nodes and penoscrotal lymphoedema with multiple scrotal skin nodules (Figure). There was no other clinical or radiological evidence of distant m...

has ' hardly ever come up as poisonFive cases have however been reported from the Federated Malay States (Analyst, 1940, p. 459), 4 from the Straits Settlements (Analyst, 1937, p. 742; 1939, p. 744), and 2 from Ceylon (Analyst, 1932, p. 575) during the period of 1931-42. Although acetic acid has been used for suicide, and accidental poisonings have also been fairly common in certain countries o...

This investigation was carried out at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, where spectroscope facilities were available. The author is indebted to Sir J. C. Ghosh, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalowe, for laboratory accommodation and to Mr M. Srinivasaya, Head of the Fermentation Technology Section at the Institute, for much helpful advice and discussion. Thanks are also due...