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Armand-Delille (P.), Paisseau (G.)> Abrami (P.) & Lemaire (H.). 

 Le Paludisme mac6donien. [Malaria in Macedonia.] — Paris, 

 Masson et Cie., 1917, 109 pp., 1 plate, 15 figs. Price 4 francs. 



This booklet gathers together the data obtained from various studies 

 of the epidemics of malaria that raged during the sunmaer of 1916 

 among the French troops stationed in Macedonia. The accuracy of the 

 clinical descriptions and the suggestions for treatment will doubtless 

 be found useful in view of the probability of further outbreaks of 

 malaria in the Eastern Arni}^ and among the troops evacuated from 

 Salonika. 



Panisset (L.). Les Gales du Cheval. Causes et Conditions de leur 

 Diffusion dans I'Armee et dans les Exploitations particuliers. 

 Prophylaxie et R^glementation sanitaire. [Forms of Horse Mange. 

 Causes and Conditions of their Dissemination in the Army and in 

 private Enterprises. Prophylaxis and Sanitary Kegulations.] — 

 Vie Agric. et Rur., Paris, vii, no, 49, 8th December 1917, 

 pp. 405-407, 2 figs. 



This paper reviews the recent legislation dealing with the treatment 

 of mange in horses and points out that, while sarcoptic mange is the 

 only serious form of the disease, all other types of the malady are 

 included in the decree regulating the notification and treatment of 

 infected animals. Observance of sanitary regulations and hygienic 

 conditions for all animals wherever possible and prompt and energetic 

 treatment of infested animals are recommended as the best preventive 

 of the spread of the disease. 



VAN RooN (K.). Dienst der Pestbestrijding, Verslag over het derde 

 Kwartaal 1916. [Plague Control Service, Report for the 3rd 

 Quarter in 191Q.]— Bat avia, 1917, 24 pp. [Received 14th 

 December 1917.] 



In three districts in Java the average flea index was 2 for the house 

 rat [Mus rattus] and 0-95 for M^is concolor ; Mus decumanus was taken 

 in two of these districts, with an average figure of 1-9. At Solo the 

 index of Xeywpsylla cheopis for the months of July, August and 

 September was, for the house rat, PS, 2-G and 3-1, and for 

 M. decumanus, 0, 3*3 and 3-7, one specimen of Ctenocephalus felis 

 being taken in July. At Bojolali the X. cheopis index for the same 

 three months on the house rat was 2-6, 2-8 and 4-8 ; in September, 4-3. 

 In two further localities the average X. cheopis figure for the house rat 

 was 3-3 and 3-5 for August and September respectively. 



Mason (C). Report of the Government Entomologist— Nyasaland 



Protectorate, Ann. Rept. Dept. Agric. for Year ended 31st March 

 1917, Zomba, pp. 9-13. [Received 15th December 1917.] 



Tsetse investigations were confined to the Upper Shire valley, which 

 is suspected of being the most probable source of infection of cattle 

 trypanosomiasis; visits were made to it at four definitely marked 

 seasons— in July at the time of the bush fires, in December at the 

 beginning of the rains, in February and March during the rains, and in 



