Uncinariasis (Hookworm disease) in Porto Rico - a medical and economic problem (1911) (14782621995)

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Title: Uncinariasis (Hookworm disease) in Porto Rico : a medical and economic problem

Year: 1911 (1910s)

Authors: Ashford, Bailey K. (Bailey Kelly), 1873-1934 Gutiérrez Igaravidez, Pedro Puerto Rico. Anemia Commission

Subjects: Anemia Hookworm disease Medical statistics Hookworm Infections

Publisher: Washington : Govt. Print. Off.

Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

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ave been refuted with great ability bysome Porto Rican physicians who know what beriberi is. This lat-ter disease does not exist, we believe, in this island, and such casesare to be generally considered uncinariasis of severe type. Debility is one of the earliest symptoms and is very constantthroughout the course of the disease and in all grades. When askedin the clinic why he sought medical advice the jibaro would usuallyreply, Because I can not work, an evidence not only of the con-stancy of the condition under consideration, but also a refutation ofthe sly accusation implied in the name recently applied to uncina-riasis, the lazy disease. Weakness was a universal complaint among our 111 special cases,but it was especially notable in 17 of the Ponce series of 1902, and in53 of the Utuado series of 1904, in which latter series debility wasextreme in 1 and very marked in 38. No.special note was made ofthe degree of debilityin the Ponce series of 1899 and the Rio Piedrasseries of 1906.

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SHOWING STATE OF NUTRITION IN SEVERE CASE REPORTED BY DR. ROSES ARTAU. UNCINARIASIS IN PORTO RICO. 57 In the Utuado series of 1904, 27 complained that their muscleswere sore; 49, that they were painful, either an aching pain or painon movement; and 53 had flabby muscles, percentages of 44, 80 and86, respectively. Pains in the body are spontaneously complained of by most uncina-riasis patients. This symptom is at best unsatisfactory. The patientcalls it rheumatism, but rheumatism is not nearly so common inPorto Kico as is generally thought. AVe prefer to look upon thesepains as due to overfatigue of muscles. In the Ponce series of 1902, 7 complained of pain in the chest (not heart pains ), and 14 of pains in the legs. In the Utuado series of 1904, 2G complained of pain in the chest,which was slight in 5, marked in 16, and very severe in 5. This isoften a true bone ache of the sternum. The fact is, however, thatsome pain in the sternum is made the subject of complaint by nearlyeven7 cas

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