Healing a man with dropsy Healing a man with dropsy Healing a man with dropsy is one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels (Luke 14:1-6). According to the Gospel, one Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, and he was being carefully watched. There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy, i.e. abnormal swelling of his body. Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law: But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him on his way. Then he asked them: And they had nothing to say.
Epidemic dropsy their lives and more than 3000 victims were hospitalized. Few studies reported the findings in patients affected with this condition. Even after that the epidemics occurred at alarming frequency in Gwalior (2000), Kannauj (2002) and Lucknow (2005) cities of India. Epidemic dropsy Epidemic dropsy is a form of edema of extremities due to poisoning by "Argemone mexicana" (Mexican prickly poppy). Epidemic dropsy is a clinical state resulting from use of edible oils adulterated with "Argemone mexicana" seed oil. Sanguinarine and dihydrosanguinarine are two major toxic alkaloids of argemone oil, which cause widespread capillary dilatation, proliferation and increased capillary permeability. When