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Dariush D. Farhud, MD, Ph.D., MG.
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Vol 3 No 3 (1974)
Articles
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A simple, rapid new technique is described for the electrophoresis of hemoglobin when screening large human populations. The method uses a drop of finger tip's blood dried on a thick filter paper as the specimen. The simplicity of the sampling, tagging, transportation and electrophoresis, provides a reliable procedure for surveys of large population. In our hand 200 specimens were screened during a working day by two technicians with a very good resolution of hemoglobin band. Even small amount of fetal hemoglobin could be separated from normal adult hemoglobin by this technique. During last 8 months, 20,000 individua1s were screened by this technique and a number of known and unknown hemoglobin variants were detected which are reported elsewhere.
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Patients with pulmonary cavities are usually exposed to other pulmonary infections, especially of fungus origin, such as Asnprgillosis and Coccidiomycosis. They are manifested by the formation of fungus ball in these cavities, which is completely resistant to anti-fungal therapy. In these circumstance the best method of treatment is removing of the ball by surgery, in this paper a case of pulmonary aspergilluma, secondary to T.B. cavity is reported which has been operated in Isfahan University Hospital.
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During a search of burrows for the purpose of capturing rodents in 1972, a number of soil samples were inspected for the collection of sand fly larvae. In this study, a total of 472 plastic bags of soil samples were collected from different depths of 30 rodent burrows. Fourteen of these samples were found positive, from which 27 larvae were removed. Most of the larvae were found in the depths of the burrows and in rodent food reservoirs. The result of this survey shows that rodent burrows are the most suitable breeding places for sand fly larvae in the Ahwaz area.
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Trachoma, especially its complications, is more prevalent in females than in males. In some of the rural areas of Iran, the use of "Surmeh" is a prevalent practice. A biological test was carried out to determine the benefit of using this social custom by means of medicated surmeh for the control of trachoma and other infectious eye disease. Surmeh is smoked carbon powder, with a little oil added, which is used for beautifying the eye-lashes and eye-lids of women. Surmeh could transmit bacterial eye diseases, but its effect on the transmission of trachoma is not yet proven. In preparing medicated Surmeh almond oil is used, but other cheap, non-allergiant oils may be substituted. Seventy tests for three kinds of medicated surmeh were performed, i.e., 1. surmeh plus 1% aureomycin; 2. surmeh plus 3% aureomycin; 3. surmeh plus about one-thousandth methylene blue. The biological test is the same as the usual bacterial sensitivity test, i.e., a stock isolated sensitive staphylococcus is cultured on blood agar plate and round disc papers ,with eye secretion are put on the plate. The tests showed that all three medicated surmeh were effective and have considerable residual effects up to 8 hours. In few occasions the residual effect was lasting even up to 16-23 hours. The residual effects of medicated surmeh are nearly the same as those of antibiotic eye ointments. Medicated surmeh may be used for the treatment of blepharitis. It seems that medicated surmeh is also effective in trachoma control, especially for the prevention of trichiasis. Medicated surmeh can be prepared in the field by making a condensed oil suspension of the effective drug and mixing 2-3 drops in each of the women's surmeh pots. Health education is needed for the proper use of surmeh in areas where its use is common, and precautions must be taken to prevent the spreading of this social custom.
