Quarterly report on the progress of segregation campus and medical treatment of sleeping sickness in Uganda ; For the quarter December 1st , 1907-February 29th, 1908 / by Captain A.C.H Gray, R.A.M.C.

  • Gray, Arthur Claypon H.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Quarterly report on the progress of segregation campus and medical treatment of sleeping sickness in Uganda ; For the quarter December 1st , 1907-February 29th, 1908 / by Captain A.C.H Gray, R.A.M.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    January 19, lie awoke and found he was quite deaf. January 21, complained of failing vision. January 24, was quite blind. February 2, died during the night, immediate cause not quite clear. Fundi were normal, but pupils, especially that of the right side, widely dilated. This may have been a case of pure idiosyncrasy to the drug. Paresis of lower extremities with increased knee jerk has been noticed eight times. Deafness.—Five patients have become completely deaf. Suppression of urine has occurred in one patient. Nearly all the above are recognised symptoms of aniline poisoning. Our Medical Superintendents of Camps lay stress on the fact that since they have entirely discontinued using Atoxyl which makes up into a yellow tinged solution they have had no cases of serious visual disturbance or marked giddiness among their patients. They seem quite satisfied with the Atoxyl they are at present using, and lay stress on the necessity of prolonged regular treatment. Each Camp has now got a Maltese Hospital Assistant, and these men, considering that they have no medical training of any sort previous to their arrival in Uganda, are already of some assistance and are steadily learning their work. This report deals with our Sleeping Sickness Camps up to March 1, 1908, and up to the return of Dr. A. D. P. Hodges from leave. Dr. A. D. P. Hodges has now resumed charge of Sleeping Sickness work in Uganda. (Signed) A. C. H. Gkay, Captain, E.A.M.C. (13577) C