The rash in Gambian sleeping sickness
digital file Colour Silent 1950 3:22
Summary: Professor F. Murgatroyd, formerly of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, presents two case-histories of patients exhibiting the rash symptomatic of Gambian trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness. 1 segment.
Title number: 17848
LSA ID: LSA/21005
Description: Segment 1 Titles, followed by intertitle which tells how two patients had developed large purplish lesions on their ankles after visiting an endemic area of sleeping sickness in West Africa. The rash is shown and examined two months later when the patients have returned to England. It covers mostly the torso. A GP examines the men and a diagnosis is made of Gambian trypanosomiasis following blood culture examination on a slide which is shown. End titles. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:03:21:13 Length: 00:03:21:13
Credits: Wellcome Foundation Film Unit in co-operation with Professor F. Murgatroyd, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London.
Keywords: Trypanosomiasis, African; Tropical Medicine
Locations: United Kingdom; England; London
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