Section Britannique / [Exposition Coloniale Internationale].

  • Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931)
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[1931]
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    The following diseases and groups of diseases hâve been selected :— 1. Schistosomiasis (“ Bilharzia ”)—the curse of Egypt. 2. Varions Parasitic Worms. 3. Ankylostomiasss (Hookworm disease)—One of the most widespread diseases in the world, and one which has a profound effect upon the working capacity of the people. 4. Filariasîs—the cause of elephantiasis. 5. Leishmaniasis. This includes kala-azar—a constitutional disease of great severity which has been called “ The Black Death of India ”—and “ oriental sore ”—a form of skin ulcération which, though not dangerous to life, causes serious temporary disfigurement. 6. Trypanosomiasis, which includes the deadly “ sleeping sickness ” of Central Africa, a disease which has laid desolate large areas of fertile country and which menaces alike the native population and the European settlers or explorers. 7. Malaria may be regarded as the bane of ail tropical and sub-tropical countries—it is a disease so universal that it calls for the United efforts of ail nations to stamp it out. 8. Dysenîery, a disease which is prone to occur under conditions of bad general sanitation and where the importance of a careful control of the food and water supplies is not appreciated. 9. Leprosy—a disease of ail climates, which constitutes one of the great medical problems of India and Africa at the présent time. Here we hâve a disease which inevitably recedes before the advance of civilization and a higher standard of living. 10. Choiera, an intestinal disease with an infinité capacity for evil; a disease which strikes a crowded community swiftly, widely, and with incredible severity ; a disease which may by its very intensity paralyse the forces of organized prévention. 11. Plague—the Black Death of the Middle Ages ; a disease which during recent times in India alone is said to hâve destroyed ten million people in eighteen years. 12. Relapsing Fever, which occurs in India, Africa, America and many other parts of the world, causing disability and death. 13. Yellow Fever. A deadly disease which occurs in South America and West Africa. 14. Béribéri—a disease due to defective diet, and especially prone to affect rice-eating communities who hâve substituted the polished rice of commerce for the natural product. (Certain other diet diseases are included in this section.) 15. Scurvy, a diet disease due to a deficiency of fresh fruit and vegetables. This disease is especially prone to affect explorers and others who are limited in their food supply. At one time it was common in the Mercantile Marine and Navy of Great Britain.