Otolaryngology in the Army: A Review of 4½ Years in the Middle East

Royal Society of Medicine—Section of Laryngology

“…A similar incidence was observed in respect of less severe cases treated as out-patients. Undoubtedly, many cases of sinusitis were related to swimming in fresh water pools (Collins, 1943 ;Lumsden, 1945) ; and resolution was generally slow. In South Iraq, on the other hand, Reeves (1943) comments on the small number of cases of acute sinusitis admitted during the dusty summer months.…”