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The "'Oriental Sore " as observed in India. 



[part II. 



local name commonly applied to the disease. Observers are not prepared to recognise 

 Delhi, Mooltan, Scinde, etc., sores out of the places giving the local names, so that 

 unless in cases where the reporter has been in such stations, no indication is afforded 

 of the existence of such forms of disease beyond that to be gleaned from the general 

 prevalence of ulcers, and their more or less chronic nature when this is noted. 



Taking the material as it stands, the following pages show the amount of 

 information which it appears capable of affording. 



1. — Prevalence of ^^ Abscess and Ulcer" as a cause of ^^ Admission into HospitaV 

 in different places and at different times. 



The following table shows the general admission rates of the European and 

 native armies of Bengal, from 1861 to 1874, contrasted with those from "abscess 

 and ulcer." The year 1861 is the date selected as a commencement, because it is 

 the first year from which we have information regarding the native troops ; but it 

 may be mentioned here that the average total admission rate from all causes, and 

 that from abscess and ulcer, among the Europeans for the five previous years, 

 regarding which we have any information (1854, 1855, 1856, 1859-60), were 

 respectively 2307-0 and 128-9 per thousand. 



TABLE I. 



Total Admission Rates ^ and Admissimi Rates from " Abscess and Ulcer," of the 

 European and Native Armies of Bengal. 



From this table we see that there has been a very considerable diminution in 

 the admissions from abscess and ulcer among the Europeans coincident with a great 



