Editing Lado Enclave
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[[File:VCHarrySherwoodRanken.jpg|thumb|right|Captain Harry Ranken was posted to the Lado Enclave in 1911 and 1914]] |
[[File:VCHarrySherwoodRanken.jpg|thumb|right|Captain Harry Ranken was posted to the Lado Enclave in 1911 and 1914]] |
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[[Tsetse fly|Tsetse flies]] were common in the enclave and [[African trypanosomiasis]] (also known as sleeping sickness), the medical condition that can occur as a result of a |
[[Tsetse fly|Tsetse flies]] were common in the enclave and [[African trypanosomiasis]] (also known as sleeping sickness), the medical condition that can occur as a result of a tstetse fly bite, led to a number of fatal cases recorded in the enclave.<ref>Gleichen, p. 159.</ref> |
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[[Malaria]] was the most common disease in the region, with about 80 per cent of the sickness in the neighboring Bahr El Ghazal due to malaria.<ref>Gleichen, p. 157.</ref> Those suffering from malaria also faced [[Blackwater fever]],<ref>Gleichen, p. 167.</ref> whereby red blood cells burst in the bloodstream, releasing hemoglobin directly into the blood vessels and into the urine, frequently leading to kidney failure. |
[[Malaria]] was the most common disease in the region, with about 80 per cent of the sickness in the neighboring Bahr El Ghazal due to malaria.<ref>Gleichen, p. 157.</ref> Those suffering from malaria also faced [[Blackwater fever]],<ref>Gleichen, p. 167.</ref> whereby red blood cells burst in the bloodstream, releasing hemoglobin directly into the blood vessels and into the urine, frequently leading to kidney failure. |