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The Per lodate powder was not at all unpleasant to take and was easily tal«m
by the patients without producing nausea or vomiting. It had a very beneficial effect
on delirium and fever in plague cases. Delirium was found to subside within a day
or two after the Per lodate was given. It also reduced the temperature in the
majority of cases. This was well seen in relapsing, fever and other febrile diseases.
It had no injurious or debilitating effect on the heart, and it may be given in 10 to
30 gr. doses repeated every third or fourth hour according to the necessity in each
case ; when it was tried in the early stage of the disease it showed encourag-
ing results.
I must express my thanks to Prof. T. K. Gujjar for preparing the Per lodato
powder at his laboratory and supplying it to this Hospital free of cost.
In addition to the germicides the stimulatory line of treatment was followed in
tfach case. The stimulants used were Amon carbonas, Ether, Digitalis, Strophanthus,
Nux Vomica and Alcohol in the form of Rum or Spt. Vini Gallici.
From what has been observed regarding the symptoms, course and the effect
of treatment in plague cases, I am of opinion 'that unless the poison generated in
the blood is neutralised by some means, treatment conducted on other lines is not
likely to be very much effective and show good results.
In conclusion, it gives me great pleasure to observe that Dr. E. L. Hunt,
Captain Stuart, District Plague Officer of this Ward, and Colonel "Wilkins, I. M. S.,
Special Medical Officer, Plague Operations, took a keen interest in the working
of this Hospital and were kind enough to visit and offer the necessary suggestions
to make the patients comfortable and happy.
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BOMBAY,
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G a EHER, L.M. & s.,
26th August, 1900.)
Honorary Chief Medical Officer.
No. 28.
The History of the foundation of the Maratha Ward
in the Hindu Fever Hospital is as follows :
Some representatives of the backward Hindu classes residing in C and D wards
of the city represented to the Municipal Commissioner that it was very-
inconvenient for them to take their patients to such a long distance as the Maratha
Hospital near the Victoria Gardens ; and that though the Hindu Fever Hospital
occupied a central position in this part of the city, and admitted patients of all castes
except Bhaugis, Mahars and Dheds, it could not afford to accommodate an unlimited
number of patients owing to their not having sufficient funds for the purpose. They
therefore requested that some provision should be made for patients of the backward
Hindu classes living in this locality.
The Municipal Commissioner directed plans and estimates to be prepared for
a small hospital for these people in the Churni Road Gardens ; but before proceed-
ing further, he was good enough to see one of the Honorary Secretaries of the Hindu
Fever Hospital, and it was arranged that the Hindu Hospital should provide ac-
commodation for such patients, and that the Municipality would undertake the cost
of maintenance, establishment, treatment, feeding, &c. Accordingly two semi-
permanent sheds were erected, one by Sett Damodar Gordhandas Sukhadwalla and
one by Rao Bahadur Narayan T. Vaidya, and were added to the hospital to ac-
commodate patients of these classes. The Maratha ward of the Hindu Fever HospMai
became ready and commenced its working from the 1st March 1900.