THE BAHAMA ISLANDS XVll 



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Methods of Work 390 



Important Diseases Excountered 392 



Tuberculosis 392 



Venereal Diseases 393 



Syphilis 393 



Gonorrhea 393 



Malaria 393 



Rheumatism and Lumbago 394 



Gastric and Intestinal Troubles 394 



Diseases of the Eye 395 



Filariasis : 396 



Elephantiasis 398 



Leprosy 399 



Forms of Leprosy 399 



Bacillus of Leprosy 400 



Transmission of Leprosy 401 



Treatment of Leprosy 402 



Status of the Leper in the Bahamas 403 



Recommendations regarding Leprosy 404 



Yellow Fever 405 



Polydactylism 405 



AiNHUM OR Ring-toe 406 



Talipes or Club-foot 407 



Locomotor-Ataxia 407 



Pesplanus or Flat-foot 408 



Boils, Carbuncles and Infections 408 



Degeneracy 409 



History of Spanish Wells 409 



History of Hopetown 410 



Explanation of Chart 410 



Special Cases of Degeneracy 411 



Cause of this Degeneracy 412 



Recommendations regarding Hopetown 414 



Treatment 414 



Government Hospitals 415 



HISTORY OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS, WITH A SPECIAL STUDY OF 

 THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE COLONY. By James M. 



Wright 419 



Introduction 419 



Historical Sketch of the Bahamas prior to the Nineteenth Century. . 420 



