Report of the Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Sudan Government.
- Sudan. Wizārat al-Ṣiḥḥah. Medical Services.
- Date:
- [1951]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Sudan Government. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![POST MORTEMS. 72 autopsies were carried out in Khartoum Civil Hospital during the period under review, and of these 53 were medico-legal. The number shows a considerable increase as compared with previous years, but demonstrates that police cases still comprise the majority of the examinations performed. Three cases merit special mention. Two were cases of cerebral malaria ; the third was a case of haemorrhagic necrosis of tire adrenals, and in this case a pure culture of meningococcus was obtained from the patient’s blood at post mortem examination. PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. The total was 588 (excluding brains for rabies). Of special interest was a specimen of a lymph gland infected with histoplasmosis, sent from Juba. A few cases of this condition have been noted in the Sudan in recent years, from Kordofan and the Gezjra. A case from Medani has recently been reported in detail by Dr. D. B, Jelliffe (1949, J. Trop. Med. and Hyg., 52,177). NEOPLASMS. 135 malignant neoplasms were received and following table is a brief summary. Site Carcinoma Sacroma Melonoma Mixed Total Tumour Scalp 2 2 Face 2 — — 1 3 Tongue 3 — — — 3 Mouth 1 —.— — 1 2 Tonsil 1 — —- — ] J aw .. . . .. 1 1 2 Eye. 2 2 1 — 5 Ear . . 1 — -. —_ 1 Thyroid 1 — — •— 3 Neck .. 4 1 5 Parotid __ - 2 2 Chest 2 1 . 3 Arm . . _ 2 T- _ . 2 Leg. 4 2 2 _ 8 Foot 1 1 8 — - 10 Rectum-Anal Canal 9 -- - _ 9 Abdomen 4 _____ _____ 4 Stomach 1 . _ I Intestine 1 - _ _ ] Bladder 3 _ _____ , „ 3 Groin 1 1 _a 2 Ovary 3 _ __ 3 Uterus 12 1 , 13 Breast 19 ______ _ _ 19 Lymphatic Glands 9 e _ . - 15 Skin . . 3 _. . o d Prostate 2 _ 2 Prepuce 1 _ __ __ 1 Unspecified 9 — — — 9 Total 102 15 12 6 135](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31639021_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
