黑热病是一种危害严重的寄生虫病,解放前我省流行颇为猖獗,遍及广大乡村和城镇。据1948年报告,患者人数在五十万以上。商丘县曾统计,1947年全县约有黑热病患者2,000余人,每年死亡200多人,当地群众的生命财产损失极大,如该县顺河集李村杜保山的5个孩子先后都死于黑热病;郭 Kala-azar is a serious devastating parasitic disease. Before the liberation, the prevalence in our province was quite rampant, spreading across vast villages and towns. According to the 1948 report, the number of patients is over 500,000. Shangqiu County had statistics, in 1947 the county about 2,000 people suffering from kala-azar, more than 200 people died each year, the lives and property of the local people a great loss, such as the county along the village Li Baochu Du Baoshan five children have died of kala-azar ; Guo