Word: impetigo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whose incessant buzzing makes silence unbearable. The scourge of the summer months, these minute beasts congregate in St. Augustine to revel in the poor drainage, ubiquitous trash and human filth. Most of the Indian children are under 12, and their resistance has not yet developed. They are beseiged with impetigo--a skin disease manifesting itself in open sores all over the body. Every blackfly bite that is scratched becomes an oozing sore, attracting more flies. Relief is guaranteed only with the coming cold weather when the flies will...
When he returns, Black discusses the cases he has seen with Reavell, who then decides whether treatment seems warranted. Reavell is the spark plug of the health center program. His practice runs the gamut of public health care -TB skin tests, immunizations, preschool exams, impetigo, cuts, prenatal care, venereal disease, chest X rays and family planning...