South African Medical Journal - Volume 10, Issue 20, October 1936

Information obtained from various parts of the Union shows that the leaves of certain common plants are being regularly used as food by the Native population. The bearing of these very inexpensive and easily obtainable foodstuffs on certain nutritional problems is very briefly discussed, and it is suggested that their continued use should be encouraged and if possible extended.

Information obtained from various parts of the Union shows that the leaves of certain common plants are being regularly used as food by the Native population. The bearing of these very inexpensive and easily obtainable foodstuffs on certain nutritional problems is very briefly discussed, and it is suggested that their continued use should be encouraged and if possible extended.

With the evidence we have before us there can be no doubt that in phosphatase estimations we have a very useful method of investigating certain pathological conditions, both surgical and medical.

With the evidence we have before us there can be no doubt that in phosphatase estimations we have a very useful method of investigating certain pathological conditions, both surgical and medical.

Out of 199 stools of native male adults examined by the flotation method, 30, or 15 per cent., were found to contain hookwarm ova. Only 5 of the 30 cases gave a history of sores on the feet which may have been caused by the entrance of the hoolworm larvae. In the absence of other disease, hookworm infestation apparently causes no ill-effects in the native male adult; where, however, the hookworm infestation is associated with some sever concomitant disease, such as tuberculosis or dysentery, there is a degree of anaemia to be produced greater than that which accompanies these diseases in the absence of an associated hookworm infestation.

Out of 199 stools of native male adults examined by the flotation method, 30, or 15 per cent., were found to contain hookwarm ova. Only 5 of the 30 cases gave a history of sores on the feet which may have been caused by the entrance of the hoolworm larvae. In the absence of other disease, hookworm infestation apparently causes no ill-effects in the native male adult; where, however, the hookworm infestation is associated with some sever concomitant disease, such as tuberculosis or dysentery, there is a degree of anaemia to be produced greater than that which accompanies these diseases in the absence of an associated hookworm infestation.

*Towards the expenses of this investigation a grant was made by the Research Grant Board.

*Towards the expenses of this investigation a grant was made by the Research Grant Board.