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PURNEA

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 666 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PURNEA or PURNIAH, a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Bhagalpur See also:division of See also:Bengal. The town is on the See also:left See also:bank of the little See also:river Saura, with a railway station. Pop. (1901), 14,007. It has a See also:bad reputation for See also:fever. The DISTRICT OF PURNEA has an See also:area of 4994 sq. m. and a See also:population (1901) of 1,874,794, showing a decrease of 3.6% The treatment will See also:beat' reference to any causes which may be discovered as associated with the onset of the disease, such as unfavourable hygienic conditions, and nutritive defects should be rectified by suitable See also:diet. The various preparations of See also:iron seem to be the best medicinal remedies in this ailment, while more See also:direct astringents, such as gallic See also:acid, See also:ergot of See also:rye, See also:turpentine or acetate of See also:lead, will in addition be called for in severe cases and especially when See also:haemorrhage occurs. See also:Sir A. See also:Wright considers that in all cases of See also:purpura the coagulation-See also:time of the See also:blood should be estimated. In such cases the time taken for clotting may be increased to three times as See also:long as that taken by normal blood. He therefore advises See also:calcium chloride in See also:order to increase coagulability. In severe haemorrhages, adrenalin is often useful.

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