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The Mashona and their religion

Gelfand, Michael (University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1965-07)

Dilatation of the oesophagus associated with oesophageal varices in portal hypertension

Gelfand, Michael (1965-08)

In this short publication I merely wish to draw attention to the not altogether rare finding of dilatation of the oesophagus in Africans suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and portal hypertension. It is quite possible ...

Rivers of death

Gelfand, M. (University College of Rhodesia, 1965-08)

Haematemesis in an African medical ward

Gelfand, M. (1965-12)

Between 1957 and 1963, 63 male patients were admitted under my care to Harare African hospital. They were suffering from acute haematemesis from the upper gastrointestinal tract. The bleeding in each case was sufficient ...

Alcoholism in contemporary African society

Gelfand, M. (University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1966-01)

Steroids: A possible indication in the treatment of Bantu porphyria

Gelfand, M. (University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1966-05)

Amoebic liver abscess in Rhodesia in the adult African

Gelfand, M. (University College of Rhodesia, 1966-12)

Celebral filariasis caused by acanthochoilonema perstans

Dukes, D.C..; Gelfand, M.; Gadd, K.G.; Clarke, V. (University College of Rhodesia, 1968-02)

Human trypanosomiasis in Rhodesia: A new hypothesis suggested for the rarity of human trypanosomiasis

Blair, D.M.; Burnett-Smith, M.B.; Gelfand, M. (University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1968-07)

Bilharziasis: A serious ailment

Gelfand, M. (University College of Rhodesia, 1968-07)

Ulcerative colitis in an African

Sealey, B.J.; Gelfand, M. (University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1968-08)

Asbestosis in Rhodesia

Gelfand, Michael; Morton, S. Archibald (University of Rhodesia, 1969-09)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the inhalation of asbestos on employees (mostly African) in the Rhodesian mining industry. Every effort was made to ensure that each worker investigated had been ...

Medicine and magic

Gelfand, M. (University College of Rhodesia, 1970-02)

Pneumoconiosis in the chrome mining industry of Rhodesia

Gelfand, Michael (University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1970-03)

Acute gastroenteritis in African and European adults in Rhodesia

Gelfand, M. (University College of Rhodesia, 1970-10)

For the purpose of this article I would define acute gastroenteritis as a condition with acute onset in which the striking features are vomiting and the frequent passage of watery motions with little or no mucus or blood. ...