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S G Browne

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PubMed1979

The contribution of medical missionaries to tropical medicine. Service-training-research.

Medical missionaries, historically the pioneers in introducing Western medicine into many tropical countries, are today responsible for a significant proportion of health care in several of those countries. Illustrating his theme with references to personal experiences in the former Belgian Congo, the author enlarges on the organization of a church-related comprehensive health care programme based on a chain of rural health centres and satellite dispensaries that brought curative and preventive medicine to the whole population within the area covered. Trypanosomiasis was eradicated, yaws and tuberculosis controlled, cerebral malaria eliminated, worm-loads reduced and nutrition improved. Leprosy was treated within the integrated service as soon as the sulphones became available. Medical auxiliaries and nurse-midwives were trained practically to tackle the local problems. Students from many missions over a wide area went into government, mission and company employ after training. Research concentrated mainly on the solution of pressing local problems, such as onchocerciasis and leprosy, but incidentally investigated interesting clinical phenomena.

Community Health Services↗
PubMed1977

Leprosy in Britain.

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Emigration and Immigration↗
PubMed1976

Treponemal depigmentation, with special reference to yaws.

Depigmentation of the skin at characteristic sites occurs in all the treponematoses, but it is seen most commonly in older persons who have had yaws in infancy or childhood, especially when treatment has been inadequate to prevent this tertiary manifestation. A total of 689 cases are recorded from the former Belgian Congo.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

Onchocerciasis and the skin.

In areas of low prevalence of onchocerciasis, and in persons with low intensities of infection, the skin manifastations are of more frequent occurrence and of greater importance than the ocular complications. In addition to pruritus and erythema around the site of the bites, depigmentation of characteristic appearance is common.

Adult↗