49 

 General Routine Work 



The nature of this work may be classed under two main headino;s : — 1. Pathological : 

 2. Chemical. It bulked so largely that little time was afforded for original 

 in\-estigations, Init then again some of it was really more or less research work, and 

 in any case the mere fact that so much had to be done thus early in the laboratories' 

 career, seems to show that they have fiUed a felt want. 



Under each of the above headings is jolaced a list of the examinations and 

 analyses performed. 



1. Pathological 



Nature No. 



{(i) ]\Ior]iid secretions and exci'etions . . . . 16 



{b) Blood 20 



(c) Bacteriological apart fi-om {a) . . . . . . 6 



((/) Parasites aparlrfrom {a) and (/').. . . . . 5 



(e) New growths . . . . . . . . . . 4 



( /') Other pathological conditions . . . . . . 3 



It may be as well to indicate some of the forms of disease encountered and 

 included under these figures, and also to deal briefly wth the more common 

 diseases found in the Sudan. The classification adopted by AVeUman' for the 

 diseases of Angola is here introduced for the sake of convenience-. 



The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is a huge territory inhabited by many divers races 

 of men, and possessing several types of climate. One could no moi'e scientifically 

 compare the diseases found in the neighbourhood of Suakin with those prevalent 

 in the Khartoum district than one could compare the latter with those occurring 

 in the Bahr-El-Ghazal. On the Red Sea coast the climate is that of a littoral ; it 

 is the Northern Sudan climate modified by proximity to the sea. Round about 

 Khartoum there exists, roughly speaking, a desert climate, somewhat modified by 

 the presence of the two mighty rivers which unite immediately to the south of 

 Omdurman. In the Bahr-El-Ghazal we meet with typically tropical conditions 

 — a moist, liumid atmosphere, a heavy rainfall, an abundant vegetation, many 

 rivers, and much insect life. Minor differences exist in difterent parts of the 

 different districts. Elevation above sea-level, as in Kordofan, plays a part, so does 

 the area of cultivated land, as in the Dongola district, so does the presence 

 (Kassala district) or absence (Gezira) of much bush country, so does the proximity 

 to the great water-ways of this part of Africa. The incidence of disease is also 

 affected by the distribution of population. The Northern Sudan, in addition to 

 its Arabic and mixed Arabic and negro population, is peopled by British, Greeks, 

 Italians, Turks, Syrians, Armenians, Egyptians, Copts, Abyssinians, and several 



' Journal of Tropical Medicine, 15/2/04 

 - The following notes appeared in the Jonrnnl of Tropienl Medicine, 15/4/04, and are here reproduced by the kind 



permission of the Editors of tliat journal 



