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YoFE (H.)- Proposals for Antimalaria Work in Palestine. — Internat. 

 Jl. Public Health, Geneva, ii, no. 5, September-October 1921, 

 pp. 478-487. 



With malaria under control Palestine should become one of the 

 healthiest countries in the world, for it has a mild climate, regular 

 winds and no sudden changes of temperature. The topography of 

 the country is described. 



The suggestions here outlined for measures against malaria comprise 

 drainage, intensive treatment of reservoirs of the parasite, quinine 

 prophylaxis, general hygiene, destruction of Anophelines and propa- 

 ganda. In undertaking extensive schemes agricultural interests as well 

 as the purely sanitary point of view should be considered. 



The basis of the necessary work would be simple canalisation with 

 extensive cultivation of the drained territory and the trimming of 

 the bed and banks of the Jordan. 



KoNsuLOFF (S.). Einige Worte fiber die Mosquito handschuhe. [Some 

 Remarks on Mosquito Gloves.] — Arch. Schiffs- it. Trop.-Hyg. 

 Leipsic, xxv, no. 9, September 1921, pp. 285-287. 



On the Macedonian front the author attained success with a com- 

 bination of the mechanical protection against mosquitos given by a 

 glove with that afforded by an odorous substance used, not as a repel- 

 lent, but to disguise the smell of the skin. Mosquitos are guided in 

 the dark by this emanation and can bite through gloves unless they 

 are so thick as to be uncomfortable. 



Very slightly volatile substances without a strong smell were used. 

 Cambric gloves were lightly impregnated with cresol soap or crude oil, 

 but any substance with the requisite qualities may be used. The 

 gloves, which had an almost imperceptible smell and required 

 treating only once a month, were carried in a small bag. The first 

 tests, made on the banks of Lake Doiran, where Anopheles maculipennis 

 abounded, were entirely successful, and further experiences were quite 

 as satisfactory. 



Imes (M.) & Schneider (F. L.). Experimental Treatment oJ Cattle 

 to prevent Ox Warble Infestation. — Jl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc, 

 Washington, B.C., lix, N.S. x, no. 6, September 1921, pp. 

 722-727. 



Previous experiments in dipping and spraying cattle, with the object 

 of destroying the larvae of Hypodernia hovis and H. lineatmn after 

 they had established themselves in the host, proved unsuccessful. 

 The present ones were undertaken with the object of testing the value 

 of insecticidal treatment in preventing oviposition or the destruction 

 of the larvae before they enter the skin of the host. Very few larvae 

 were found in the winter on cattle that had had their legs protected 

 below the knees and hocks during the preceding fly season. Of the 

 substances tested, a two per cent, solution of coal-tar creosote dip 

 proved the most effective. The results obtained with a wading tank 

 indicate that this method may prove of great practical value, and 

 should further trials confirm its efficacy, it could probably be adapted 

 to meet the requirements in treating range cattle. 



