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Dog mange
This condition is particularly common in women who hold their pets close to their necks. It seldom results in a widespread rash and can be effectively treated with sulfur ointment.
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Cat mange
This variant can also be transmitted to humans. The female mite burrows into the person’s skin to lay its eggs, similar to the process in scabies. The eggs hatch in eight days, and the juvenile mites then emerge and move across the skin, resulting in severe itching.
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Camel mange
This variety poses a significant problem for individuals who use camels for transportation and led to a major outbreak among the Camel Corps in Palestine in 1919.
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Mandragora
The mandrake plant possesses narcotic and sedative characteristics.
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Mandl’s paint
A blend of iodine and peppermint oil suspended in glycerine, which was frequently applied to inflamed throats before the advent of antibiotics.
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Mammary abscess
An abscess in the breast, typically associated with breastfeeding, where the infection enters through a fissured nipple. It is also known as a milk abscess.
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Malthas doctrine
In the 19th century, Malthus proposed a doctrine asserting that the growth of the global population was outpacing the increase in food resources. Malthus recommended addressing this issue through strategies such as promoting delayed marriages and providing education on contraception.
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Malarial treatment
The therapy for specific forms of paralysis involves intentionally infecting the patient with benign tertian malaria.
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Subtertian malaria
Malaria resulting from Plasmodium falciparum, characterized by paroxysms that can be either constant or sporadic and remitting. It is also known as malign tertian fever or aestivo-autumnal fever.
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Benign tertian malaria
Malaria triggered by Plasmodium vivax, featuring recurrent episodes happening every 48 hours.
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