Tropical Medicine |
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acute Africa agglutination amoebic amoebic dysentery anæmia animals appear attack bacillary dysentery bacilli become benign tertian beri-beri bite blood body bowel Calcutta cause cent cholera chronic clinical common death deficiency dengue diagnosis diarrhoea diet disease doses drug early Edition effective emetine endemic enlarged epidemic examination fatal fleas fluid frequently given glands grains gramme hæmorrhages hookworm Illustrations important increase India infection inoculation intestinal intravenously kala-azar large numbers larvæ leprosy lesions leucocytes leucocytosis liver abscess lymphatic malaria malignant tertian microscope mild mortality mosquitoes mucous membrane occur onset organisms outbreaks pain parasites patient pellagra persons plague present prevalence produced pulse quinine rare rats reaction recognised relapsing fever reported rice saline sand-fly serum severe skin spirochetes spleen sprue stage stools symptoms temperature tertian thickening tick tissues toxins treatment tropical trypanosomes typhus ulceration urine usually venom virus vitamin worms yellow fever