| 单词 | elephantiasis |
| 例句 | If I can’t quite get the hang of poverty-chastity-and-obedience, I can learn instead about vermifuges, breech deliveries, arrow wounds, gangrene, and elephantiasis. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Pacific Ocean was a body of water surrounded on all sides by elephantiasis and other dread diseases to which, if he ever displeased Colonel Cathcart by grounding Yossarian, he might suddenly find himself transferred. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A tropical mosquito that carries parasites responsible for such diseases as elephantiasis has become strongly resistant in many parts of the world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And it transmits a lot of diseases you've never heard of, like lymphatic filariasis, also called elephantiasis. 'Wicked Bugs': Amy Stewart's take on the planet's most diabolical insects 2011-06-22T21:30:06Z Several serious, neglected tropical diseases in humans are caused by roundworms, including river blindness, lymphatic elephantiasis and ascariasis. How Greyhound Racing Drove the Evolution of a Superparasite 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z The country has managed to eliminate malaria, polio, leprosy, the tropical parasitic disease filariasis commonly known as elephantiasis, and most other vaccine-preventable diseases. ‘Don’t fall ill’: Sri Lanka doctors warn of drug shortage 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z He was recognized by the World Health Organization for his work in the Cook Islands helping stamp out the tropical disease lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis. Former Cook Islands leader dies from virus in New Zealand 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z This type of elephantiasis is thought to affect about four million people globally, according to WHO estimates. The village devastated by elephantiasis 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The End Fund is working mightily to eradicate elephantiasis and other “neglected tropical diseases,” including river blindness and trachoma, both excruciatingly painful causes of blindness. Opinion | Forget the Scarf. These Gifts Change Lives. 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Lymphatic elephantiasis was deemed eradicated in several countries after such programs were implemented. How Greyhound Racing Drove the Evolution of a Superparasite 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z There’s a lot of sickness – malaria, tuberculosis, elephantiasis, chronic malnutrition, says a village leader, Robert Maun. Refugees on their own land: the West Papuans in limbo in Papua New Guinea 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z The man also suffered from grade 4 lymphedema on his right leg and groin — a category of swelling that’s most often associated with patients with elephantiasis, according to the report. Rare condition causes man’s testicles to swell to 7 pounds: case report 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z It follows vaccine trials in Burkina Faso proving that Ivermectin, a conventional drug used for parasitic diseases including river blindness and elephantiasis, reduced transmission rates. US briefing: Hurricane death toll rises, Johnson cornered and Democrat debate 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z If cervical cancer is a horrific and easily preventable disease for women, a counterpart that strikes men is a parasite-caused disease called elephantiasis. Opinion | Forget the Scarf. These Gifts Change Lives. 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Muhammad Mushtaq, who said he first noticed a lump on his leg two years ago, is currently bedbound and was diagnosed with elephantiasis. Butcher's leg reportedly swells to over 300 pounds after contracting parasitic infection 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z “I never imagined that my condition will be like this,” the father of five, who was reportedly diagnosed with elephantiasis, told the news outlet. Man's legs 'turning to stone' after contracting parasitic infection from bug bite 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Opening the sciatic vein relieved podagra and elephantiasis; menstrual problems were alleviated by cutting the saphenous vein. The History of Blood 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Thomas’ elephantiasis got so bad it caused open wounds on his legs, landing him in the hospital for seven weeks. Sick homeless people get stuck in Washington hospitals. But there’s a solution. 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Nagaraj moved into the care home four years ago after he was diagnosed with elephantiasis, a disease which causes severe and painful swelling in the limbs. 'I don't want to be a burden': Life in an Indian care home 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z None for parasites like Chagas, elephantiasis, hookworm or liver flukes. Why Don’t We Have Vaccines Against Everything? 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Malaria, a severe eye infection called trachoma, lymphatic filariasis - a chronic swelling sometimes known as elephantiasis - and intestinal worms are particular problems. The beautiful islands that could help stop killer diseases 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The resulting swelling — sometimes so significant it’s called elephantiasis — takes decades to manifest. Traveling in Vietnam, His Leg Swelled Terribly. Had He Caught Something? 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Here you can see the grotesquely swollen leg of a man with elephantiasis, shelves of bullet-ravaged skulls and bones from Civil War casualties, and fragments of Abraham Lincoln’s skull and James Garfield’s vertebrae. Tired of the Smithsonian? These small, quirky museums are worth a visit. 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Another one, elephantiasis, causes grotesque swelling in limbs. Guinea worm, river blindness and elephantiasis are among the world's neglected tropical diseases. A battle is on to wipe them out 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Older Washingtonians — including Answer Man’s sainted mother — recall visiting the museum and seeing such artifacts as a leg swollen with elephantiasis and the aptly named megacolon. Perspective | Answer Man reconstructs the history of two very cool 19th-century Mall buildings 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z The vets also speculate the bear may have elephantiasis, a vector-transmitted parasite that can cause limbs to swell to astronomical sizes. See How Vets Removed a Melon-Size Tongue From a Rescued Bear 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Although the disease remained a mystery for the last couple of years, the vets think it may have been caused by elephantiasis, a mosquito-transmitted infection that makes body parts swell to extreme levels. Bear's giant tongue is removed by vets 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z In most affected countries, elephantiasis is caused by worms spread to humans by mosquito bites. Volcanic Minerals, Not Worms, Caused Disease Outbreak in Uganda 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, is a mosquito-transmitted disease caused by parasitic worms. Guinea worm, river blindness and elephantiasis are among the world's neglected tropical diseases. A battle is on to wipe them out 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Parasites have plagued human beings for thousands of years, going back to ancient Egypt and China, and they still cause such maladies as river blindness and elephantiasis. Yes, there’s really a National Parasite Collection, and it’s getting a new life at the Smithsonian 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Ivermectin is best known for killing roundworms, including the ones that cause river blindness and the leading cause of elephantiasis. Drug could kill mosquitoes when they feast on human blood 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Ivermectin, a workhorse antiparasitic drug, is currently used to treat lymphatic filariasis, which causes elephantiasis, and onchocerciasis, which causes river blindness. Nobel-Winning Drug May Help Fight Malaria 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z When I saw photographs of elephantiasis, it really just blew my mind. In wake of Ebola epidemic, Margaret Chan wants countries to put their money where their mouth is 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Last year, it donated more than 300 million doses to treat river blindness and elephantiasis. Work that won Nobel Prize for medicine 2015 - BBC News 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z India recently began one of the biggest drug-distribution campaigns in its history in an effort to eliminate “elephant’s foot disease,” also known as elephantiasis or lymphatic filariasis. India Begins Campaign to Eliminate Elephantiasis 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Some people with leprosy or elephantiasis, which can severely disfigure the body, may become socially ostracized and be unable to marry. World must tackle neglected diseases to end hunger 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Greater access to and advances in medicine and farming will also eliminate diseases like polio, elephantiasis, river blindness, and blinding trachoma by 2030, the letter predicts. Futurology: Bill Gates Predicts a Prosperous Africa in 2030 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z And donated drugs, such as those distributed free to 800 million people last year, can stop polio, elephantiasis and other scourges. Gates foundation sees huge gains against disease, poverty by 2030 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z But the other two illnesses, onchocerciasis or "river blindness" and lymphatic filariasis or "elephantiasis" - both caused by roundworm parasites - are lesser known. Work that won Nobel Prize for medicine 2015 - BBC News 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z He is fronting a campaign to tackle lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, a disease which he calls one of India's "biggest health challenges". Actor Bachchan on disease fight 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Closer to home, the nematode diseases of hookworms, river blindness, and elephantiasis plague humans, while “worms” are major cat and dog parasites. Nematode Roundworms Own This Place 2013-02-09T19:15:03.810Z Stromectol is used to treat diseases caused by worm parasites such as river blindness, and elephantiasis, or lymphatic filariasis. Slowing of polio in Pakistan spurs hope for global eradication 2012-11-14T01:02:04Z There’s no shortage of statistics capable of illustrating America’s economic elephantiasis. Mitt?s student loan flip-flop 2012-04-23T12:12:00Z The hideously deformed feet of podo result not from mosquito-borne parasitic worms, as does filarial elephantiasis, nor from bacteria, like leprosy. Vanquishing "Mossy Foot" with Genetic Epidemiology and Shoes 2012-04-17T15:45:00.223Z The elephantiasis was long confounded with leprosy; but the former is a tubercular affection of the skin, widely different from the scaly leprosy, and certainly not contagious. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z With river blindness, black flies spread larvae that when grown destroy eye tissue; mosquitoes do the same for the worms that block the lymphatic system in elephantiasis; hookworm, roundworm and whipworm are soil-born. Neglected tropical diseases: Hot tropic 2012-02-02T16:03:12Z The poor man suffered from elephantiasis—the wretched disease by which the head and all the limbs of the body assume gigantic proportions. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Leprosy is not unknown among the lower classes, and elephantiasis is frequently to be met with. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Merck, which produces ivermectin under the brand name Mectizan, provides it for free to treat river blindness and elephantiasis; the company has pledged to do so for as long as it's needed. Antiparasitic Drug Has Bonus Effect on Mosquitoes 2011-07-06T22:40:10Z The elephantiasis is not even alluded to by Moses in his descriptions of leprosy. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Beyond two or three slight cases of elephantiasis, we ourselves noticed no symptoms of disease amongst the adults, but the children nearly all seemed to be suffering from yaws. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z Sometimes the discharge of lymph takes place at one or more points of the surface of the body, and there is in other cases a condition of naevoid elephantiasis of the scrotum, or lymph-scrotum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The author has seen terrible cases of elephantiasis among the natives of the Samoan group of islands, where this strange and unaccountable disease is thought to have reached its most extreme and repulsive development. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z A drug already widely used in massive campaigns to help control two parasitic diseases, river blindness and elephantiasis, could also drive down malaria, a new study has found. Antiparasitic Drug Has Bonus Effect on Mosquitoes 2011-07-06T22:40:10Z In Sumatra, whole generations are infected with both leprosy and elephantiasis; and those who are labouring under the latter disease, although it is not contagious, are driven into the woods. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Pigs, chickens, and dogs wandered about beneath the houses, and the only representative of the stronger sex was a young man, whose activity was much handicapped by a leg swollen with elephantiasis. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z He sees a woman afflicted with elephantiasis, and straightway imagines that he himself has the same disease. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z The elephantiasis due to filaria is spread by the agency of mosquitoes, in whose bodies the intermediate stage is passed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z While we sat in the Juba restaurant in October, he was fighting off a rare infection that is a precursor to elephantiasis, contracted in Sudan a week or two before. Sudan?s Attention-Grabber 2010-12-02T16:57:00Z The elephantiasis still prevails in our West India colonies, more especially that species which is called “elephant leg,” and which is not uncommon at Barbadoes, St. Christopher, and Nevis. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Most of these people were afflicted with elephantiasis in various stages—none seriously, however. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z At another time Shelley imagined that he was afflicted with elephantiasis. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z The disease is totally different from the so-called elephantiasis graecorum or true leprosy, for which see Leprosy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z It is now also used against lymphatic filariasis, which is caused by worms spread by mosquitoes; worms nesting in the lymph nodes distort them and cause the grotesquely swollen legs and scrotums known as elephantiasis. Global Update: Parasites: Learning a Worm-Killer?s Modus Operandi 2010-11-16T06:20:00Z According to the same writer, elephantiasis was brought to Rome by Pompey’s troops. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Leprosy and lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, leave victims deformed, hamper productivity and normal social interaction, Chan said. WHO: 1 billion suffer from hidden tropical disease 2010-10-14T12:27:00Z In his impressive tone Shelley announced ‘I have the elephantiasis.’ The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z This mosquito can transmit West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis and worms that can lead to elephantiasis. New Genetic Blueprint for Bloodsuckers 2010-10-01T13:54:00Z Funding to fight diseases including parasites that cause disfiguring elephantiasis, hookworms and a blinding eye infection called trachoma, would more than double under the 2011 budget proposal, to $155 million from $65 million. 2010-02-02T01:50:00Z It is to be apprehended that many of these cases of leprosy belong more particularly to the elephantiasis: such is the red disease of Cayenne, and the Boasi of Surinam. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z We saw some photographs taken from life of sufferers through elephantiasis, which exhibited swellings upon the limbs and body half as large as the individual's body itself. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Scrofula and various forms of lupus are common among the natives throughout the country and 259 especially in the interior; elephantiasis is frequently met with on the coast. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" But the prevailing disease is elephantiasis, a dreadful malady which attacks Europeans and natives alike. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II Moderation is the rule, but even excessive doses of the drug are taken without any very serious ill-effects, while its efficacy in cases of fever, elephantiasis, and rheumatism, is undoubted. A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade In conclusion, an extemporaneous prayer was made—all kneeling—by a venerable native, who was afflicted, like many of his race, with elephantiasis. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia Dysentery is apt to attack strangers, and elephantiasis is of frequent occurrence among the natives, but it almost never appears among white people. The Pearl of India In the green court, a very ragged gentleman, his legs deformed with the island elephantiasis, saluted us smiling. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) But you and I, Gentlemen, let us thank God we are not officially barked about with such a leprous elephantiasis as that. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence Five minutes later he waddled off the pier in triumph, looking, so far as his legs were concerned, like a big, badly stuffed sawdust doll, or a half-starved gamin suffering from elephantiasis. Campaigning in Cuba The prevailing diseases of the island are yellow fever, elephantiasis, tetanus, March fever and dysentery. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... What really bothers us a little is the mosquito affair—the so-called elephantiasis—ask Ross about it. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) Like their neighbours of Tahiti, from whom they have perhaps imbibed the error, they regard leprosy with comparative indifference, elephantiasis with disproportionate fear. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Since fishing has declined in the isles of Ferro, and the inhabitants have lived chiefly on vegetables, the elephantiasis has ceased among them. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery We know that the mast cells are produced in large quantities locally, wherever an over-nutrition of the connective tissue occurs, for instance in chronic diseases of the skin, elephantiasis, brown induration of the lungs. Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological You might be troubled, Pallas, with every conceivable malady, from elephantiasis to earache, and I should be in a position to analyse and to deal with each in turn. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy The most common of these is that hideous and loathsome disease known as elephantiasis in which certain parts of the patient becomes greatly swollen and distorted. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases You would have thought the whole ship's company was sickening for elephantiasis. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Most of these tombs, which were broken into at a very distant period, were used as receptacles for shapeless mummies carelessly embalmed, which still exhibit traces of leprosy and elephantiasis. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Sanitary conditions there were most disheartening, as at least half of the inhabitants were leprous, and most of them suffered from tuberculosis or elephantiasis. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Leprosy occurs amongst the negroes, and elephantiasis is so frequent as to be known as "Barbados leg." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" It has been noted that leprosy is frequently very common in regions where elephantiasis occurs, suggesting the possibility of the same carrier, the mosquito, for both diseases. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Such are elephantiasis and leprosy, three varieties of which are met with at Guam, differing from each other alike in their symptoms and their effects. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Long after that period I saw men who, after the lapse of five months from the infliction of the bastinado, had their feet and legs swelled to a form as if produced by elephantiasis. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 What are the diagnostic characters of beginning elephantiasis? Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine He recorded 261 painless capital operations and many thousand minor ones, and reduced the mortality for the removal of the enormous tumours of elephantiasis from 50 to 5 per cent. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science A most comprehensive chapter on filariasis and elephantiasis. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases The forms of leprosy, elephantiasis, and other kindred diseases, which I have seen in the East, and in tropical countries, are not nearly so horrible. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland In severe cases the limb becomes denuded of hair in patches, and the skin remains indurated with a fibrous growth, which is known by the name of elephantiasis. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Undoubtedly his existence is a product of the system, a pathological product, a kind of elephantiasis of individualism. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice Many were afflicted with that dreadful complaint known as elephantiasis—their legs being swollen to an enormous size. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots A book on elephantiasis ascribed to him is not definitely known to be authentic. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine Explain: ranking officer, waives, cerebral elephantiasis, dictator, deadly nightshade, data, disparage, curmudgeon, chute, superseded. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year A scheme of death duties and of heavy graduated taxes upon irresponsible incomes, with, perhaps, in addition, a system of terminable liability for borrowers, will probably suffice to control the growth of this creditor elephantiasis. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought The last-named is chiefly observed in the lower limb in young adult women, and from its following upon lupus of the toes or foot it has been called lupus elephantiasis. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. A poor girl, suffering from elephantiasis, was one of the only women whom I had seen for many days. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels The inhabitants suffer greatly from swelled thyroid gland or Derbyshire neck and elephantiasis, and this is the rainy season and very unsafe for me. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 A sequel of chronic lymphangitis is a condition known as elephantiasis. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 Its effect would probably be benign in a case of elephantiasis. Septimus In cases of extensive lymphangitis, especially when there are repeated attacks, the vessels are obliterated by the formation of new connective tissue and a persistent solid œdema results, culminating in one form of elephantiasis. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. They sent him several cases of elephantiasis, and he cured them: testimonials to that effect may still be found in the archives of Nuremberg. The Magician Diseases.—Pulmonary affections, paralysis, diseases of the spine producing humpback, ophthalmia, skin diseases, scrofulous, and other ulcers, elephantiasis, and a species of leprosy, are among the principal diseases with which they were afflicted. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before The hind legs, in elephantiasis, are affected and a unilateral involvement is more often seen than a bilateral one. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 It was Bysshe who imagined that a fat old woman in a train had infected him with incurable elephantiasis. The Art of Letters The affection is frequently bilateral, and may be associated with lymph scrotum, with elephantiasis, and with chyluria. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. The old man is smitten with the elephantiasis, or black leprosy. The Abominations of Modern Society Her ankle seemed badly swollen; she seemed even to reveal incipient elephantiasis. The Wrong Twin The extent of the involvement and the intensity of the affection vary materially in different cases and a chronic lymphangitis may succeed the acute attacks and finally in some instances, elephantiasis results. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 Religious literature has eminent examples; and if we run over our private list of poets, critics, philanthropists, and philosophers, we shall find them infected with this dropsy and elephantiasis, which we ought to have tapped. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 When the disease is widely distributed throughout the lymphatics of the limb, it becomes swollen and hard—a condition illustrated by lupus elephantiasis. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Unfortunately, he was afflicted with elephantiasis, and his appearance did not at all tend to whet the edge of our appetites. A Woman's Journey Round the World Aretaeus has left a very accurate picture of the symptoms of elephantiasis graecorum; and Pliny recapitulates the principal features and tells us that the disease is indigenous in Egypt. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine What really bothers us a little is the mosquito affair - the so-called elephantiasis - ask Ross about it. Vailima Letters Evidences of the presence of leprosy and elephantiasis are occasionally seen. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Belonging to this group also is a form of congenital elephantiasis resulting from the circular constriction of a limb in utero by amniotic bands. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. I had been told that the population here suffered very much from elephantiasis, and that numbers of poor wretches with horribly swollen feet were to be seen at almost every turn. A Woman's Journey Round the World No mention is made in the Hippocratic writings of elephantiasis graecorum, which was really a type of leprosy, and is now considered synonymous with it. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The elephantiasis and Guinea-worm are not uncommon, especially the former, of which I have seen many frightful cases. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred An original and important speculation is made with respect to the intimate pathology of elephantiasis, chyluria, and lymph scrotum, which is thoroughly worthy of consideration. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 A persistent form of œdema sometimes remains after recurrent attacks of erysipelas, especially when they affect the face or the lower extremity, a condition which is referred to with elephantiasis. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Then we came to Ponta do Sol, the only remarkable site on the trip, famous for bodice-making and infamous for elephantiasis. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I The skin of the affected finger, contrary to the general appearance of a part affected with elephantiasis, was of normal color, smooth, shiny, showed no sensibility, and the muscles had undergone fatty degeneration. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine A monk came from Alexandria, Eulogius by name, bringing with him a man afflicted with elephantiasis. The Hermits The other diseases which prevail among the Negroes are the yaws, the elephantiasis, and a leprosy of the very worst kind. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa A third case which seems established beyond question is the agency of mosquitoes in spreading elephantiasis. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 As I remember him, he was a rather large man with elephantiasis of the temper. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories Such a case was reported by Alard, in which the elephantiasis seems to have been complicated with eczema of the ear. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine But even if these adornments become, as I hope, the rule, one could not resent the ordinary structural elephantiasis a moment after realising New York's physical conditions. Roving East and Roving West I had operated upon him for elephantiasis two years ago, and the man had shown himself grateful, and had occasionally sent me in little presents of fowls and so on. Rujub, the Juggler It resembled a span-long plesiosaurus, afflicted with elephantiasis, and a forked, lolling, tongue extruded from a head that swayed ominously right and left. My Tropic Isle His leathers and boots were doubtless clean this morning; but are now afflicted with elephantiasis, being three inches deep in solid mud, which his old groom is scraping off as fast as he can. Two Years Ago, Volume I Rayer cites two instances in which elephantiasis of the breast enlarged these organs to such a degree that they hung to the knees. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine But here a twisted cripple, his nose long and pendulous with elephantiasis, presided over three cups of tea set in a row. Dragon's blood His legs were ponderous, elephantine, since his leg-illness was of elephantiasis, or dropsy. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Traces of elephantiasis have been discovered among his ascendants. Ulysses Leprosy, elephantiasis and diseases arising from a bad condition of the blood prevail to some extent. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom The true lipoma must be distinguished from diffuse accumulations of fat in different parts of the body in the same way that fibroma is distinguished from elephantiasis. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Reggie was a rather melancholy young man who suffered from elephantiasis of the bank-roll and the other evils that arise from that complaint. Indiscretions of Archie Philo the physician stoutly affirmed that the elephantiasis was a disease but lately known; since none of the ancient physicians speak one word of it, though they oftentimes enlarge upon little, frivolous and obscure trifles. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies He was certainly the ghastliest guest we ever entertained, and we've had not a few lepers and elephantiasis victims on board. The Cruise of the Snark Some kind of elephantiasis seemed to have attacked his hands and feet, swelling them to enormous proportions. A Damsel in Distress His affection was not elephantiasis, but a complication of congenital hypertrophy of certain bones and pachydermatocele and papilloma of the skin. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Nubians, afflicted with elephantiasis, advanced with heavy steps and looked at him with streaming eyes and expressionless countenances. Thais If it were, elephantiasis, which causes a man’s legs to become as large as tree-trunks, would be a sort of progress, whereas it is nothing but a very ugly disease. Notes on Life and Letters The man who warned us was afflicted horribly with elephantiasis. The Cruise of the Snark Thebaud mentions a tumor of the scrotum, the result of elephantiasis, which weighed 63 1/2 pounds. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Alard relates as a case of elephantiasis that of a lady of Berlin, mentioned in the Ephemerides of 1694, who had an abdominal tumor the lower part of which reached to the knees. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The elephantiasis in this case slowly and gradually increased in size until the hand weighed 3 1/2 pounds. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Larrey mentioned a case of elephantiasis of the scrotum in which the tumor weighed over 200 pounds. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine When you see a woman, afflicted with elephantiasis wringing out cream from cocoanut meat with her naked hands, drink and reflect how good is the cream, forgetting the hands that pressed it out. The Cruise of the Snark Goodman successfully removed an elephantiasis of the scrotum from a native Fiji of forty-five. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Delpech quotes a similar case of elephantiasis in the walls of the abdomen in a young woman of twenty-four, born at Toulouse. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Scrotal tumors are recorded that weighed over 200 pounds; and a limb affected with elephantiasis may attain an astonishing size. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The above conditions are known as macroglossia, which is a congenital hypertrophy of the tongue analogous to elephantiasis. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine And now all this strength and beauty has departed, and the valley of Typee is the abode of some dozen wretched creatures, afflicted by leprosy, elephantiasis, and tuberculosis. The Cruise of the Snark Before the time of Celsus, the poet Lucretius first speaks of elephantiasis graecorum, and assigns Egypt as the country where it occurs. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The condition commonly known as "Barbadoes leg" is a form of elephantiasis deriving its name from its relative frequency in Barbadoes. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Also, remember that diseases such as elephantiasis and leprosy do not seem to be caught by contact. The Cruise of the Snark Sad to see was the elephantiasis that afflicted some of them. The Cruise of the Snark If he runs barefoot across the beach to have a swim, he will tread where an elephantiasis case trod a few minutes before. The Cruise of the Snark No one seems really to know the cause of the South Sea elephantiasis. The Cruise of the Snark |
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