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Jowett (1910-11) described the occurrence of trypanosomiasis in 

 a tsetse-free area in Portuguese East Africa after the introduction into 

 a herd of some animals that had probably passed through a tsetse 

 belt. Positive results were obtained in one feeding experiment with 

 Stomoxys and Haematopoia. Rogers as long ago as 1901 showed that 

 Tabanidae were capable of transmitting T. evansi within 24 hours 

 after biting an infected animal. 



Hicks (J. R.)- The modern Hygiene of Typhus Fever — Its Application 

 at the Port of New York. — Amer.Jl. Public Health, Boston, Mass., 

 vii, no. 7, July 1917, pp. 628-630. 



The routine procedure adopted for the disinfection of typhus 

 contacts at the Port of New York is based on the use of kerosene, 

 which is considered to be the cheapest and most efficient insecticide. 



The immigrants are given a preliminary bath, using soft soap and 

 hot water. This is followed by a petroleum bath, about 6 oz. per 

 patient being used to destroy all vermin. The clothes are disinfected 

 by steam under pressure and dried in vacuo. 



The inefficacy of sulphur dioxide in the case of lice was proved by 

 these insects surviving a 15-hour fumigation with this gas, 9 lb. to 

 200 cub. ft. being used. 



Hoffman (F. L.). Malaria as a Factor iu Military Efficiency.— 

 Southern Med. Jl., Birmingha'm, Ala., x, no. 8, 1st August 1917, 

 pp. 676-678. 



Attention is directed to the danger of malaria to armies and to the 

 danger of malaria from armies, and the hope is expressed that the 

 importance of economic entomology will be recognised by the U.S. 

 Government in the planning of permanent camps and that medical 

 entomologists will be attached to the Army Medical Service, so that, 

 if possible, serious outbreaks of the disease may be prevented. 



SoHNS (J.C.F.) & Raden Soetedjo. Infectiuze Anamie der Paarden. 



[Infectious Anaemia of Horses.] — ■Veeartsenijkundige Bladen voor 

 Nederlandsch- Indie, Batavia, xxix, no. 2, 1917, pp. 141-174. 



In August 1916 there occurred among imported Australian horses 

 a sudden outbreak of this disease which is discussed in detail. Natural 

 infection in the Dutch East Indies is supposed to take place chiefly 

 through eating soiled rice-straw bedding, but the possibihty of infec- 

 tion by Tabanidae is admitted. 



Nevermann (L.), Miessner (H.) & Weichel (A.). Studienreise nach 

 dem Balkan. [A Study Journey in the Balkans.] — Hanover, 

 M. & H. Schaper, 1917, 111 pp., 80 figs. Price Marks 3.50. 



This small volume describes a journey to Bulgaria and Turkey 

 undertaken in October 1916 at the request of the German Minister 

 of Agriculture for the purpose of studying the contagious diseases of 

 animals of these countries and the methods employed in dealing with 

 them. 



