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cases had become very rare in tlie years preceding the war. A decided 

 recrudescence has however been observed recently in MontpelHer and 

 other localities. Among these cases, several were undoubtedly locally 

 acquired and were of the type produced by Plasmodium vivax. 

 Although this recrudescence of malaria might be explained by the 

 presence of soldiers repatriated from Salonika, African troops and 

 Turkish prisoners employed in agricultural work, the fact that the 

 tertian benign form had existed in the district long previously indicates 

 some local cause. The history of one particular case seems to point 

 definitely to this conclusion. A Basque sapper, recently convalescent, 

 who had never been to Salonika nor out of France, was found to carry 

 schizonts and gametes of Plasmodium praecox. After being at 

 Montpellier for some time he was sent into barracks at Lattes, where, 

 eight days after his arrival, he suffered from a first attack of fever, 

 which was soon followed by several others. As the incubation period 

 is 15 days the infection could not have been acquired at Lattes, and 

 every indication points to this patient having become infected in the 

 barracks at Montpellier, where many malaria-carriers are stationed 

 temporarily. These barracks, moreover, are beside a stream where 

 many Anophelines breed, while a neighbouring river also harbours 

 many mosquito larvae. 



This record demonstrates the urgent necessity for the anti-anopheline 

 organisation created in France by the State and the utility of the 

 preventive measures that must be taken if Plasmodium praecox is not 

 to become definitely established on French soil. The presence of 

 locally-acquired tertian malignant malaria should cause no surprise : 

 it is propagated in Macedonia in regions where the summer and autumn 

 are no warmer than in the French Mediterranean region, Montpellier 

 being the French town for which the maximum summer temperature 

 is recorded. 



DE GoYON (J.) & BouviER (J. E.). La Lutte antipaludique dans un 

 Regiment d'Infanterie coloniale en Orient, 1917. [The Anti- 

 malarial Campaign in a Colonial Infantry Regiment in the 

 Balkans, l9n.]~BidL Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, x, no. 10, 12th 

 December 1917, pp. 886-890. 



Anti-malarial measures in a colonial infantry regiment in the 

 Balkans were undertaken with special care during the summer of 

 1917, owing to the particularly unfavourable conditions under which 

 this unit was placed. Drainage and oiling operations were extensively 

 carried out in view of the abundance of Anophelines, of which the most 

 common species was A. macidipennis. Experience showed the 

 necessity of convincing both officers and men of the existence of malaria 

 and of the measures essential to their protection from the disease. 

 Quinine was found to be a valuable preventive, provided that the doses 

 are regularly taken. Mechanical protection should be compulsory, but 

 improved patterns of both the mosquito net for day wear and the 

 mosquito tent are required. The use of citronella ointment was not 

 popular among the men, particularly as in Macedonia water for 

 washing was frequently scarce. \\Tierever possible doors and windows 

 should be screened with wire screening. Troops were kept as much as 

 possible on elevated positions and removed from the native carriers. 



