Browsing Medical Journal of Zambia by Issue Date

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    • Prevalence of bilharzia in Zambia 

      Fine, J. (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 

      Fine, J. (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 

      Onushko, K.G. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1975-01)
      The prevalence of Goitre in Zambia is confirmed. This is especially so among female subjects.

    • A case of combined intra-uterine and extra-uterine pregnancy 

      Davis, V.E. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1976-06)
      Combined intra-uterine and extra-uterine pregnancy is a rare condition (Felbo and Fenger,1966). The first description of a case is attributed to a post mortem study by Duverncy in 1708. A ...

    • Haemophilia in Zambian children. 

      Chintu, C. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1976-06)
      Haemophilia is not as uncommon in Black people as was previously thought (Bullock and Johnson 1957, Gelfand 1945). Several cases of haemophilia have been reported in Africa (Forbes et al 1966, Comperts et al 1969, Robin ...

    • Chronic endometritis 

      Bhagwandeen, S.B.; Patel, B.G. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1976-08)
      Chronic endometritis is not an uncommon diagnosis in our biopsy material and we believe should be diagnosed more frequently. There seems to be no correlation however between clinical symptomology and severity of plasma ...

    • Normal values in the adult Zambian.VI. Transferrin 

      Kibukamusoke, J.W.; Simukoko, R. B.; Edwards, R. B. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1976-08)
      A study of the concentration of transferrin in the normal Zambian adult is presented. There is no difference demonstrated between males and females but the time allowed for diffusion is important and values are given for ...

    • Normal values in the adult Zambian VII. Ceruloplasmin 

      Kibukamusoke, J.W.; Edwards, B.; Simukoko, R. B. (Kibukamusoke, J.W. Simukoko, Raymond B. Edwards, B., (1976). Normal values in the adult Zambian VII. Ceruloplasmin. Medical Journal of Zambia. Volume 10 (4), 1976-08)
      The concentration of ceruloplasmin in normal Zambian adults is presented. The levels are comparable to those reported for Europeans but there is a distinct difference in concentrations between sexes.This difference is ...

    • Rabies in Zambian Children 

      Ondrej, B. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1976-12)
      Human rabies encephalitis is of particular interest to the doctors working in developing countries. When a person has been exposed to a suspect or rabid animal or human being specific antirabid treatment ...

    • Primary Carcinoma of the Liver in Zambia 

      Naik, K.G. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1976-12)
      A review of liver biopsies over a three year period revealed 166 cases of carcinoma of the liver. Hepatocellular carcinoma Constituted the commonest malignant tumour in male Zambians. The different ...

    • A comparison of the effects of salbutamol, fenoterol, and placebo aerosols on airway resistance in asthmatics 

      Siddorn, J. A. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1976-12)
      The reduction in airways resistance, assessed by measurements of forced expiratory volume in one second, vital capacity and peak expiratory flow rate was estimated before and after inhalation of ...

    • Variation in the sensitivity to normal human serum of clone-drived antigenic variants of trypanosoma (trypanozoon) brucei complex trypanosomes 

      Laurence, R. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-04)
      The present concept of T. rhodesiense sleeping sickness epidemiology rests, to some extent at least, upon the long-held belief that the infectivity for man of Trypanosoma (Trypanozoon rhodesiense and the ...

    • Pre-Clinical Development of Drugs 

      Standen, O.D. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-04)
      The purpose of this paper is to present a brief outline of the essential requirements in the postresearch phase of drug development. At present evolution of new drugs, is largely a ...

    • The Stable Bubble Test 

      O'Dowd, M. J. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1977-04)
      Idiopathic Respiratory Distress syndrome (I.R.D.S.) occurs mainly in preterm babies (Halliday and Mcclure,1976). The cause of the condition is a deficiency of surfactant in the fetal lung. ...

    • Bacterial Liver Abscess 

      Gill, G.V.; Kyle, I.W. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-06)
      Bacterial abscess of the liver receives scant attention compared to its amoebic counterpart. However, even with surgical drainage and antibiotic therapy the mortality rate of this condition ...

    • A "Pull-Out" Technique for ``Cut down" Operations. 

      Worson, L.; Sharma, B. C. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1977-06)
      lt is a common experience that some patients continue to attend outpatient departments with their cut-down wounds long after their primary disease is cured. This is so because a cut-down is done usually in an ...

    • Wuchereria bancrofti: The staining of the microfilarial sheath in giemsa and haematoxyl in for diagnosis. 

      Hira, P.R. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-08)
      Indigenous cases of bancroftian filariasis have recently been identified in the country for the first time. The diagnosis of such infections depends on demonstrating the characteristic ...

    • Lymphosarcoma of the Stomach: A Case Report. 

      Mampilly, J. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-08)
      Lymphosarcoma of the stomach is a rare, forming 1 to 5% of the total gastric neoplasms (AIIen et al. 1954), Azopardi and Menzies (1960). The pancity of lympoid tissue in the stomach accounts ...

    • Multiple myeloma at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka: A retrospective study. 

      Traub, N. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-10)
      A retrospective study of the clinical and laboratory findings in sixteen cases of multiple myeloma seen at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka between March 1972 and July 1976 was carried out.The majority of cases ...

    • Ketalar-Its use by a single operator. 

      O'Dowd, M.J. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-10)
      Ketalar (Ketamine Hydrochloride) was used as the sole anaesthetic agent by a single operator in fifty cases of uterine evacuation. The procedure was easy in use, and safe. It was noted that Ketalar caused a significant ...