EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE INDUCING FACTORS OF THE ONSET OF LEPROSY

Part 2 INFLUENCES OF PREGNANCY, INCISED WOUND, FRACTURE, FAMINE AND TEMPERATURE

Abstract

The above mentioned experiments were made on the murine leprosy. The results were:
1) Pregnancy aggravated the disease.
2) Incised wound produced no effect.
3) Fracture, when both sides, aggravated it somewhat.
4) Burn had a remarkable influence upon the onset of the disease.
5) Famine produced no effect.
6) High and low temperature had no influence on the onset of the disease.