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Musso (L.). Traitement de la Gale du Dromadaire Pai;le Goudron 



de Coloquinte. (Deuxieme Note.)— i?i/?L /Soc. Path. ^S^^i^^/^j^ee;^ 

 xiii, no. 1, 14th January 1920, pp. 29-34. 



Mange in camels canaot be treated by any method involving wetting 

 of the animals owing to their extreme susceptibihty to cliill after 

 such a process. A study has therefore been made at the Pasteur 

 Institute of the traditional method practised by the nomad tribes of 

 northern Africa, which consists of the apphcation of a wood-tar made 

 by the distillation of Jvnipenis phoenicea and Thuya articulata. 

 Ajiother preparation used by natives consists of an ointment made 

 from ground colocynth. A sample of the latter has been obtained, 

 and the result of its analysis is given in detail with full instructions 

 for its preparation from ripe, dry colocynth fruits. This ointment 

 is said to be particularly effective in cases of mange in camels, 

 one application frequently being successful, and two generally curing 

 even the worst cases. The quantity of ointment produced in the 

 laboratory has been too small as yet for extensive tests, but it is hoped 

 to experiment with a slightly different composition when larger 

 quantities are obtained. 



JouvEAU-DuBREuiL ( ). Etiide clinique sur la Fievre recurrente du 

 Setchouen (Chine occidentale). 5;/W. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, 

 xiii, no. 1, 14th January 1920, pp. 38-62. 



Recurrent fever exists in an endemic form in western China, and 

 recurs every year with much the same characteristics, the same 

 seasonal variations and to about the same extent. Each spring it 

 assumes an epidemic form, but never completely dies out. By far 

 the greater number of persons attacked belong to the very poor and 

 frequently to the beggar class, who live in very dirty and insanitary 

 conditions ; no case has been observed among the wealthy Chinese, 

 Since it is known that lice are the vectors of recurrent fever, it is 

 obvious that the seasonal occurrence of the disease coincides with 

 that of the insects. After the epidemic of the spring, clothing becomes 

 lighter during the summer and conditions are altogether more hygienic 

 and overcrowding less frequent, with the result that Uce decrease 

 considerably in numbers and there is much less fever. After the 

 first cold spells, dirty clothing is resumed, vermin reappears and 

 multipHes, reaching its maximum numbers in early spring, and is 

 followed by a recrudescence of fever. An account is given of the 

 course of the fever and its effects. The extermination of lice, which 

 is the only means of combating the fever, is practically impossible 

 and will be so for many years, so long as the present poverty and 

 misery continue. In the army, conditions are somewhat improved 

 and fever cases are isolated from healthy individuals, but among the 

 poor, where isolation is impossible and proper clothing unobtainable, 

 hygienic measures may be advocated, but cannot be enforced. 



Peju (G.). Foyers d'Anopheles dans les Ardennes.— 5;/^?. Soc. Path. 

 Exot., Paris, xiii, no. 1, 14th January 1920, pp. 75-92. 



A full account is given of a mosquito survey of the Ardennes 

 [R.A.E., B, viii, 39]. Among the species found are Culex pipiens, 

 (674) Wt.1921/141. 1,500. 5.20. B.&F.,Ltd., G. 11/14. A 



