Observations on leprosy and its cure. With testimonials from medical men / by Narayan Bhikaji.

  • Bhikaji, Narayan.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Observations on leprosy and its cure. With testimonials from medical men / by Narayan Bhikaji. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASE No. XVI S. K. B., caste Bniliinin, aged 35 years, residingat Cliewcol uear Bombay, siifiering from tuber-culous leprosy for aliowfc one year. There was thickening and swelling over tiie whole skin of the face, forehead, and chin, -which had become copper-ooloured ; also copper-coloured })atches of elevation over the back, chest and outer surface of the ieop. These patches and those over the fuce and chest being interruptetl by thick nodules of various sizes. Hands and legs with fingers and toes, also lobes of the ears including their margin, were flabby and insensible. The treatment commenced from the 1st of October 1893. In this case, notes recorded on the 1st of August 1894, are :—Thickness and swelling over the whole of the surface of the body, as well as discoloured patches have all disappeared and sensation has been restored. The skin, covering the back of both hands and fingers and that over a large portion of legs and toes, has assumed its natural colour. After ten month's treatment the patient was thoroughly cured. CASE. No. XVII Frances Fernandez, caste portuguese, aged 65, by profession a fitter, residing at Dhobee Tallow. He was suffering from anxsthetic leprosy for seven or eight jnonths. The whole- of the skin of the face was thickened. There were several circular and irregular browu coloured patches over the forehead, cheek bones, chin, nose and the lobes of the ears. The skin covering the surface of both the hands, and the toes was thickened. There was loss of sensation in both the hands with fingers ; also there was pricking and burning sensation over the whole body. The treatment commenced on the 8th of December 1893. Inthiscase notes recorded on the 15th of November 1894' after treatment of eleven months. He is now perfectly free from the disease for the last foui-teen months.