Leprosy : summary of recent work no. 5.

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1925
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    Paz SOLDAN (Carlos Enrique) & Monce (Carlos). La lepra en el Peri. Communicacion presentada a la Academia de Medicina.— Cronica Méd. 1924. Nov. Vol. 41. No. 737. pp. 344-350, [6 refs. ] A propos the case of a woman, 25 years of age, suffering from leprosy and coming from Huallanca in the Department of Huanco, the authors present a table taken from official records showing that in the hospitals of Lima during the nine years 1913-1921, inclusive, there have been 31 persons admitted for leprosy, of whom 5 have died. From investiga- tions which they have made they conclude that leprosy is rare in Peru, the chief foci of the disease being the banks of the River Ucayali. Although the population there is small and scattered, the danger of spread must not be overlooked. The case recorded came from a district hitherto believed to be free from leprosy, and another noted by FRASER in Talara points to the possibility of a focus on the neigh- bouring frontier of Ecuador. Medical men are asked to help in determining the actual number of lepers in Peru. HH. abt... FoRDYCE (John A.) & WisE (Fred). Leprosy in New York City.—Arch. Perna. & oyph. 1925. jan. Vol. 11..,..No. -1.,. .pp..' 1-48. With 40 text figs. [11 refs.] This account of the occurrence of leprosy in New York is illustrated by an excellent series of photos of cases in various stages, mostly fairly early ones, and contains a table of 47 cases, aged from 7 to 55, 37 of whom were males; 29 were whites, 11 mulattoes, 6 Chinese and 1 a negro, but only three had been born in the United States, most of them having come from South America and the West Indies. The difficulty in recognizing the earliest stages, which are often concealed, is emphasized; the very varying incubation period, the frequent positive Wassermann reactions, and the contagiousness are discussed, the latter being definite but slight, and microscopical sections of skin and liver nodules are illustrated. The paper is a valuable one for those who only occasionally meet with the disease. aR. MacLeop (J. M. H.). Contact Cases of Leprosy in the British Isles.— Brit. Med. Jl. 1925. Jan. 17. pp. 107-108. The writer reports three interesting cases: (1) A boy, aged 12, who had never been out of Ireland, developed nodular leprosy contracted from his father, a poor Russian who had emigrated there with advanced nodular leprosy; (2) a boy, aged 15, with nodular leprosy, whe was born and had always lived in Lancashire, but whose elder brother returned from British Guiana with nodular leprosy in company with his uninfected parents. The younger child, born in England soon after his parents’ return, had been in close association with his leprous brother “‘ with whom he had slept for five years, and from whom he contracted the disease.’’ Both boys died of leprosy ; (3) a Belgian woman married in England a man suffering from nodular leprosy, with whom she lived without any precautions, and contracted the disease from him. [It is very suggestive that two, at least, of the patients slept in the same bed with a nodular,leper for o*
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