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Dermatitis Gangrenosa Infantum: a Report of a Case
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1957-05)
From time to time in African infants one meets a condition generally known to dermatologists as dermatitis gangrenosa infantum, in which a characteristic destruction of a large area of skin occurs. It may start with a small ...
Erythropoietic (Congenital) Porphyria in a Bantu Girl
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1958-04)
The case here presented is of congenital porphyria occurring in a three-year-old Bantu girl of the Bapedi tribe. This is the second case of this rare type of porphyria recorded in the Bantu of Southern Africa.
The patient ...
Jaundice in Early Infancy: The Surgical Aspects
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1959-11)
In this paper those conditions which cause jaundice in early infancy and are of direct interest to the surgeon are considered. While the treatment of this group is essentially surgical, an accurate diagnosis can only he ...
Malaria in Infancy
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1959-02)
To the epidemiologist malaria in the infant is of two-fold interest. In highly "malarious" areas it is the first attacks, occurring during the early years of life, which build up a relative immunity at the cost of considerable ...
4-Aminoquinoline Prophylaxis of Malaria amongst Semi-Immune African School Children
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1957-12)
Drugs used for the prophylaxis of malaria are generally recommended in doses sufficient to suppress the disease in persons without immunity, these amounts being considerably in excess of those required for the protection ...
Bilharziasis in the African Infant and Child in the Mtoko District, Southern Rhodesia
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1958-07)
This study was undertaken with several objects in view.. First of all we wanted to know how frequently bilharziasis is likely to infest infants up to the age of two years in an endemic area. On first thoughts it would seem ...
Gargoylism in the African: Report of a Case
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1958-03)
The Clinical Picture of Cushing’s Syndrome in Childhood
(Faculty of Medicine; Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.), 1959-11)
Acute Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction
(Faculty of Medicine; Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.), 1958-12)
The newborn infant ejected from his comfortable isothermic habitat into a hostile world has many physiological adjustments to make in the first four weeks of life. If, as a result of intestinal obstruction, the newborn ...
Intravenous Fluid Technique in Infancy
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1957-05)
Outside the children’s hospital, the administration of intravenous fluids in babies is fortunately an unusual necessity. Rightly, subcutaneous fluids given with hyalase are used extensively in the milder cases of dehydration ...