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Waldow ( — ). Kurzer Bericht uber die Entlausung durch Sand. — 



[A short Report on destroying Lice with Sand.] — Bull. Inst. 

 Pasteur, Paris, xv, no. 20, SOth October 1917, p. 635. (Abstract 

 from Centralbl. Bakt., Parasit. u. Infektionskr., Ite Abt., Referate, 

 Jena, Ixv, no. 19-20, February 1917.) 



The destruction of hce may be effected by covering infested clothing, 

 matresses, etc., with sand heated to 750° [sic]. At 110° C. [230° F.] 

 lice are killed in a few minutes. 



Hendley (Col. H.). Report on Malaria in the Punjab during the Year 

 1916, together with an Account of the Punjab Malaria Bureau. — 



Supt. Govt. Printing, Lahore, 1917, 18 + xxxiv pp., 3 charts, 

 4 maps. Price Rs. 2 or 3s. 



The year 1916 is considered to have been unfavourable to Anophe- 

 lines. The great heat of July and August • hindered development, 

 and the breeding places formed during those months quickly dried 

 up in September, which was exceptionally dry. The heavy rains in 

 the first two months disturbed the breeding places and the heavy 

 fall on 6th October flushed them out. It would therefore appear that 

 an excessive monsoon is, in itself, not sufficient to cause a malaria 

 epidemic, but that there must be breaks in it and moderate rainfalls 

 to provide suitable climatic conditions. To determine the infectibility 

 of Anopheles rossi innumerable dissections were made, with a negative 

 result. It should be noted, however, that at Khewra (Jhelum District), 

 where the spleen-index is as high as 64 '46, the only species known is 

 A. rossi. An attempt was made to decide if Anopheline larvae could 

 breed in the brackish water of a stream running at the foot of the 

 salt range, or in the waters of small lakes found within the salt mines. 

 No larvae, but two imagines of A. rossi were found after an exhaustive 

 search. This absence of Anophelines is puzzling in view of the high 

 spleen-rate and a parasite-rate of 14*87. At Katas, in the sacred 

 tank, larvae were found to abound side by side with innumerable 

 fish {Cirhina latia and Barbus terio) which, especially when young, 

 are destroyers of mosquito larvae. A similar result was met with at 

 the Shalamar Gardens at Lahore, where larvicidal fish had been 

 specially introduced. 



In order to test the value of ducks in the reduction of Anopheline 

 larvae two ponds were chosen in the Lawrence Gardens, Lahore. 

 In spite of their presence Anophehne larvae were found to breed 

 in large numbers, and, with a very few exceptions, were those of 

 Anopheles culicifacies and A. fuliginosus. 



Fischer (J. C. H.). Maatregelen tegen Malaria. [Measures against 

 Malaria.] — Koloniaal Instituut te Amsterdam, Meded. no. 10. 

 {Afdeeling Tropische Hygiene, no. 5), xii + 176 pp., 18 figs., 

 14 plates. J. H. de Bussy, Amsterdam, 1917. Price Fl. 2. 

 [Received 23rd July 1918.] 



This book gives a very clear and complete account of the various 

 modern measures adopted for the prevention of malaria. It is innocent 



