The term general practice is familiar to everyone 'in the medical profession who has been brought ' up in the British tradition of medicine. Nevertheless, there are a number of other terms which have been used to cover ...

Although schistosomiasis is widespread in the plain surrounding Lake Chilwa, Malawi, repeated attempts to locate infected carrier snails in the lake itself have so far failed. There is a high degree of contact between the ...

The relative abundance of snake species varies geographically. The commonest venomous snakes in Salisbury are probably the Rhombic Nightadder (Causus rhombeatus) (Fig. 1), Egyptian Cobra (Naja Haje) (Fig. 4) and Boomslang ...

Intestinal intolerance to sugars is now well established as a cause of diarrhea and failure to thrive in children. It is assuming increased importance now that it is realized that a variety of insults to the gut can lead ...

The clinical and pathological features of North American Blastomycosis in the United States of America have been well documented by Abernathy (1959) and by Witorsch & Utz (1968) who showed that blastomycosis is a chronic ...

Recent investigations,' have suggested that the average amount of' usable storage iron in a normal male is about lg, values above l,5g being unusual, and above 2,2g constitute iron overload. (Weinfeld, 1970). In males about ...