HuGHENS (H. v.). A Useful and inexpensive Fly-trap.— C/.<S. Naval 

 Med. Bidl., Washington, D.C., xi-ii, no. 1, January 1919, 

 pp. 80-82, 5 figs. 



The trap here described is composed of 4 vertical sides of solid wood 

 with a flat top of wire gauze and a gauze bottom raised to a ridge 

 roof-wise. This ridge is about mid-way between the top and bottom 

 of the box. Along the ridge |-inch holes were made to permit the 

 flies to enter the trap-space above it. The lower edges of the box 

 are cut away except at the corners, so that bait may be placed under 

 the box beneath the ridge, and the flies enter through these openings. 

 The trap stands on a wooden platform to which it is bolted at the 

 corners. This apparatus is said to be both efficacious and cheap. 



Friedman (G. A.). The Possible Spread of Influenza through the 

 Bed'hug.—Med. Becord, New Yod; xcv, no. 1, 4th January 

 1919, pp. 14-18. 



Attention is drawn to the bed-bug as a possible carrier of influenza 

 and a number of cases are mentioned in support of this theory 



E AHMET Bey (H. T. M. K.). Typhus Fever.— Me^/. Record, New York, 

 xcv, no. 2, 11th January 1919, pp. 49-52. 



This paper deals with t^^hus in general with special reference to 

 its incidence in Egypt. The usual prophylactic measures against 

 lice and some of the recognised insecticides used in this connection 

 are discussed. 



D'Ormea (G.). SuirUso della Pomata al Timolo come Misura 

 culicifuga per le Truppe in Servizio in Localita malariche. 



[Thymol Ointment as a Cuhcifuge for Troops in Malarial 

 Locahties.] — Giorn. Med. Milit., Rome, Ixvii, 1919, no. 2, 1st 

 February 1919, pp. 296-300. 



As a result of the success attending the use of vasehne containing 

 1 per cent, of thymol in preventing mosquitos from biting indoors, 

 experiments have been made in the open and these have also proved 

 very encouraging. 



Tejera (E.). El Agente Transmisor de la Fiebre Recurrente en 

 Venezuela.— 6rVfce^r/ Med. de Caracas, xxvi, no. 7, 15th April 1919, 

 pp. 73-75. 



Recurrent fever occurs in the Venezuelan State of Trujillo, where 

 the ticks, Ornithodorus turicaia and Argas persicus, are common. The 

 former is capable of ]:roducing spirochaetosis, the parasite concerned 

 being morphologically identical v.ith that found in the blood of 

 sufierers from recurrent fever, and this tick is therefore a probable 

 vector of human spirochaetosis in Venezuela. 



