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Cerebrovascular diseases in Africans
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1970-01)It is the belief of many doctors working in Africa that circulatory disorders in the atherosclerotic sense are not as common as in Europe. I have that same opinion for several reasons. In the first place we rarely see ... -
Symphysiotony for mild cephalopelvic disproportion
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1970-01)The operation of symphysiotomy was first performed by Claude-De La Corvee in 1655 on a recently dead patient (Munro Kerr and Chassar Moir 1956). Signault (quoted by Greig 1964) performed the first modern operation in 1777 ... -
Plasmatic vasculosls resulting from dysoria : a modern confirmation of Aschoff's holistic view on vascular diseases
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1970-01)In his writings, Aschoff (1924) mentions "the invading stream of plasma" and this he suspected must normally be traversing arterial walls outwards from the lumen, basing his concept in part at least on the observation that ... -
The methanol,ethanol and fusel oil contents of some Zambian alcoholic drinks
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1974)There is considerable evidence that certain Zambian home-produced beers and spirits contain toxic contaminants. Apart from known additives such as methylated spirits and plant juices, high levels of iron, copper and zinc ... -
Out~ Patient care gradients for a rural Zambian Hospital
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1974)Maurice King (Medical Care in Developing Countries, 1966), has shown that Out-Patient Care Gradients, i.e., the relationship between distance travelled by patients to attend clinic, is exponential for hospitals in developing ... -
Infant mortality in the Gwembe Valley
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1974)The Gwembe Valley lies in the Southern Province of Zambia and has been the subject of intense sociological and anthropological study (Colson 1967,Scudder 1968). The site of this survey was the upper Gwembe Valley, a ... -
Biliary lipids and the paucity of cholesterol gallstone disease in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1974)The concept that cholesterol gallstone formation is the result of precipitation of cholesterol from super-saturated bile has been confirmed by the demonstration that gallstone-containing bladder bile had a concentration ... -
Asymptomatic bacteriuria of pregnancy in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1974)A survey of 500 Zambian antenatal patients revealed a 3.8% incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria. Interest in asymptomatic bacteriuria has increased since large groups of individuals were studied by ... -
Prevalence of bilharzia in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1974-01)There has been a considerable accumulation of data in recent years enabling a more accurate assessment of the extent of bilharzia in Zambia than has been possible hitherto. The data fall into two groups. The first consists ... -
Infestation of man by the cestode in inermicapsifer madagascariensis in Lusaka, Zambia
(University of Zambia, Medical Library, 1974-10)The infestation of a child with the cestode Inermicapsifer madagascariensis is reported for the first time in Zambia. The criteria used in arriving at the species diagnosis are discussed. As the probable rodent reservoir ... -
Total Hip replacement
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1974-10)The indications of total hip replacement are discussed. Some cases were presented where the procedure was performed; these included cases of degenerative arthritis as well as selected cases of old healed infective arthritis. ... -
An analytical study of 33 cases of mortal head injuries
(University of Zambia, Medical Library, 1974-10)Lusaka Teaching Hospital is the biggest in the country. Out of its thousand beds there are about 220 general surgical beds. The management of head injuries in the University Teaching Hospital is the responsibility of the ... -
Serum protein concentrations of healthy Zambians and Europeans resident in Lusaka
(University of Zambia, Medical Library, 1974-10)Substantial differences in plasma protein patterns have been reported for apparently health persons living in the tropics (Holmes et al., 1955, Eziolo 1970, Nantulya and Lindqvist 1973). This seems to be particularly true ... -
Studies on malaria in Lusaka
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1974-10)Species diagnosis of 692 malaria-positive blood films showed a parasite formula of F 94.65, M 7.51 0 1.59, V 0.58. P. vivax which has been rarely seen in Zambia was reported in four cases. Infection with a single species, ... -
Sleeping sickness in children
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1975-01)Twenty-three cases of Sleeping Sickness in children have been analysed at the Arthur Davison Hospital and Mukinge Hospital during the past five years. The overall mortality was 34.8%. This was especially high when ... -
The incidence of goiter in the Northern, Eastern and Central Provinces and in the Ndola rural district of Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1975-01)A survey of 4 of the 8 provinces of Zambia for endemic goiter is presented. The condition is present in varying degrees in all the areas surveyed, except parts of Central Province and the Lusaka environs. -
Prevalence of bilharzia in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1975-01)There has been a considerable accumulation of data in recent years enabling a more accurate assessment of the extent of bilharzia in Zambia than has been possible hitherto. The data fall into two groups. The first consists ... -
Morbidity in Bilharzia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1975-01)In a study of bilharzia in a school where 60% of the children were found to be infected with Schistosoma haematobium, a comparison was made between the infected and uninfected children in respect of Hb. percentage, weight, ... -
Goitre in the Western Province of Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1975-01)The prevalence of Goitre in Zambia is confirmed. This is especially so among female subjects. -
Bacterial Meningitis in infancy and Childhood in Lusaka
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1975-12)ln approximately 10,000 admissions in a 12 months period, at University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka 85 cases of meningitis were recorded. The signs and symptoms in these patients do ...
