The Sick African: A Clinical Study

abdominal abscess acute adult affected African amoebiasis amoebic anaemia ankylostomiasis appear attack autopsy Bantu beri-beri bilharzial bilharziasis bladder blood bowel carcinoma cardiac cause cells cerebral chronic cirrhosis CLINICAL FEATURES common commonly complications condition deficiency diagnosis diarrhoea diet DIFFERENTIAL disorders doses dysentery encountered endemic enlarged especially European examination fibrosis fluid frequently glands haemorrhage heart hepatitis hookworm hookworm disease illness important infection infrequently intestinal involvement jaundice kala-azar leprosy lesions liver lung lymphatic malaria malignant meningitis Native nodules nutritional occasionally occur oedema onset pain parasite patient pellagra pericarditis pneumonia present primary produce prognosis protein pulmonary pyrexia rare rash reaction recognised regions relapsing fever result rheumatic Rhodesia secondary seen severe signs silicosis skin sleeping sickness smears Southern Rhodesia spleen splenic splenomegaly sputum stage stools symptoms syphilis temperature tissue treatment tropical Africa tuberculosis tuberculous tumour typhoid ulcer uncommon uraemia urine usually varies vitamin vomiting West Africa yaws yellow fever