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Carini (A.). Ueber die Hundekrankheit Nambi-uvu und ihren Parasi- 



ten, Rangelia vi'alii. [The dog disease Nambi-uvu and its 



Parasite, Rangelia vitcdii.'] — Centralbl. f. Bald., Parasil. u. 



Infektionskr., lie Ahi. Originate, Jena, Ixxvii, no. 3, 29th December 



1915, pp. 265-271, 2 plates. 

 In Brazil there exists a serious infectious disease of dogs, which is 

 characterised by jaundice, skin disorders and internal haemorrhage. 

 In severe cases death ensues in from three to ten days. The disease 

 is due to a Piroplasmid parasite which multiplies in the dog either by 

 fission or by the formation of schizogonia. As schizogonia have never 

 been noticed in Piroplasma canis, a genus has been erected for 

 this parasite, which is named Rangelia vifalii. Ticks are believed to 

 act as carriers, as town dogs are not attacked by the disease, which 

 occurs among country dogs, especially those used for the chase, and 

 both Amblyomma ca.yennense and A. striatum have been found on 

 them. Injections of trypan blue (1-2 per cent., 10-20 ccm.) have 

 given good results in the first stages of the disease, and according to 

 Dr. Chagas, injections of quinine have cured many cases. 



Morris (Staff Surgeon L. M.). Malaria in H.M. Ships "Hermione" 

 and " Bristol," at Tampico, with special reference to methods of 

 screening. — Jl. Royal Naval Med. Service, London, ii, no. 1, 

 January 1916, pp. 42-50, 1 sketch-map. 

 Malaria is very prevalent on the Panugo River, Mexico, from May to 

 January, marshes and lagoons 03curing on both sides of it. The 

 crews of both vessels were attacked in spite of the measures 

 taken. Two outbreaks occurred on the " Hermione," the first 

 of 51 cases, which were contracted on the first night in the 

 river when Anopheles swarmed on board, and the second, of 

 55 cases, which began after the first rains in May. The mosquitos 

 present were A. macidipennis, a few species of Cidex and a very 

 few Stegomyia. On the day after arrival, brass wire gauze, as 

 used in Panama, was placed over the posts and doors and mushn 

 over other openings. Quinine was also administered. Efficient 

 screening is difficult without the intelligent help of all officers 

 and men, and lectures are necessary to bring this about. Ships 

 proceeding to known malarial localities should be previously screened 

 with wire gauze in the case of doors, hatches, scuttles and air-supply 

 inlets. Coverings for other openings can be c[uickly improvised if 

 reserve supplies of wire gauze and open-mesh musHn are available. 



CuMPSTON (J. H. L ). Australia and Yellow Fever.— Commonwealth 

 of Australia Quaran'inc Service Publication no. 6, Melbourne, 

 1st October 1915, 95 pp., 13 figs., 5 maps. [Received 11th 

 February 1916.] 



The endemic foci on the Pacific Coast of America at present con- 

 stitate the most important possible sources of the introduction of 

 yellow fever into Australia. The opening of the Panama Canal will 

 bring other foci within the range of Australia. The greater distance 

 of these latter, together with the care that will be exercised by the 

 United States authorities, will, to a certain extent, reduce the risk of 

 introduction. The prevalence in large numbers of Stegomyia in the 

 northern parts of the eastern coast of Australia will permit of the 



