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chappa [1 record]

Record 1 2012-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bacterial Diseases
OBS

The name among the Popo people in the colony Lagos for a disease believed to be neither tuberculosis nor syphilitic, marked by severe initial pains in muscles and joints, followed by swelling and formation of round multiple nodules the size of a pigeon's egg; without forming abscesses these are exposed by ulceration of the skin. The disease finally attacks the bones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies bactériennes
OBS

Tréponématose de l'Ouest africain.

Spanish

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