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Diagnosis.^ — ^This is made by noting the period of the year and 

 by tracing the history of the ingestion of beans or the smelling of 

 the flowers, and also by the family and geographical incidence. 



From malaria it is diagnosed by the absence of the parasites and 

 the negative reaction as regards complement deviation with malarial 

 antigen. 



From quinine hsemoglobinuria it may be recognized by the absence 

 of a history of the drug being taken. 



Treatment.^ — Apparently there is little known under this heading, 

 which obviously calls for the administration of calcium salts (see 

 Chapter XLL, p. 1213). 



Prophylaxis. — Avoid eating raw or cooked fresh beans in Sardinia, 

 and avoid the scent of the flowers. As the attacks recur it would 

 be interesting if someone would try the administration of calcium 

 salts to susceptible people living in Sardinia during the dangerous 

 period of the year. 



Fagopyrismus. 



White animals fed upon buckwheat and exposed to the sun 

 develop erythematous lesions of the skin and nervous symptoms. 



REFERENCES. 



Dieudonne and Bolduan (1909), 'Food Poisoning,' New York, and Jordan 

 (19 1 7), ' Food Poisoning,' Chicago, are useful small books with references. 



Fuguismus. 



ScHEUBE (1903). Diseases of Warm Climates. (English translation.) 

 (1915) Indian Medical Gazette. 



Lathyrismus. 



Buchanan (1898 and 1899). Journal of Tropical Medicine. 

 Irving (1857). Indian Annals of Medical Science, vi. 424-434. 

 Kirk (1858). Ihid., vii. 144-152. 



Rho (1914). Mense's Tropenkrankheiten, ii. Leipzig. 

 ScHEUBE (1903). Loc. cit. 



Sheeman (1837). Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official, i, 134. 

 Vaughan (1898). Twentieth-Century Practice of Medicine, xiii. 72-76. 



Loliismus. 



Cordier (1820). London Medical Repository, xiii. 260. 

 Freeman (1903). Proceedings of the Royal Society, Ixxi. 27. 

 Smith (1905). Taylor's Medical Jurisprudence, ii. 765. 

 Waddell (1904). Lyon's Medical Jurisprudence for India p. 585. 



Paspalismus. 



Waddell (1904). Loc. cit., pp. 586-587. 

 Watt (1895). Indian Medical Gazette. 



Atriplieismus. 



Dragendorf (1898). Heilpflanze, pp. 196-197. 

 Scheube (1903). Loc. cit., pp. 328-330. 



Fabismus. 



Frongia (1907). Gazetta degli Ospedale, 22, vii. 

 Gasbarrini (1915). Malaria, vi., January to Februarv. 

 ZojA (1914)- Ibid., v., January to P'ebruary. 



