Granuloma inguinale (GI) is a sexually transmitted disease seldom seen in the United States and Canada. We are reporting three cases recently seen in Toronto, Ontario, two in immigrants, and one in a native born Canadian who had an intimate relationship with a foreign visitor. The basic features of the disease are discussed.
matter before the proper authorities, and until my paper is published I must ask that the judgment of those concerned in this matter be deferred. I will only say here that Mr. Lambert has claimed a priority for Dr. Fleming which that gentleman himself would not have claimed, seeing that he was one of the editors of the Veterinarian in 1872, and that in the September number of that journal an essay is printed which was read by me at a meeting of the West of Scotland Veterinary Association, held in Glasgow in August of that year, on the subject of Tuberculosis, and in which the following remarks occur: " If the contagious character of tuberculosis is established, another (though perhaps a remote one) source of contamination is opened up before us-viz., from persons or animals eating raw or improperly cooked meat; or, more strongly, livers or other internal organs from animals that have suffered from this affection" (p. 682). "There are few animals the subject of tubercle whose carcases should be used for human food, no matter what the monetary loss may be (p. 684).
Chickenpox is not only a childhood illness. Although rare in the adult population, it is associated even in the nonimmunocompromised host with increased morbidity and mortality. Steroid therapy predisposes to early dissemination and a potentially fatal outcome. Adults with immunosuppression should receive prompt systemic treatment with acyclovir.
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