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VON Schmidt zu Wellenbueg (H.). Dipteren-Larve als Ursache 

 eitriger Chorioretinitis mit Netzhautablosung. [A Dipterous Larva 

 as the Cause of suppurating Chorioretinitis with Loosening of the 

 Retina.] — Zentralblatt f. ■prakt. Augenheilkunde, January-February 

 1917. [Abstract in Arch. f. Schrffs- u. Tr open- Hygiene, Leipzig, 

 xxii, no. 3, February 1918, p. 45.] 



Inflammation of the eye in a 5-year-old child due to a first-stage 

 Hypodenna larva in a fold of the retina is recorded. 



Roth (0.). Zur Kenntnis der Dermatomyiasis. [A Contribution to 

 the Knowledge of Dermatomyiasis.] — Dermat. Wochenschr., Ixv, 

 no. 46, 17th November 1917, pp. 1031-1035, 2 figs. [Abstract 

 in Trop. Dis. Bull, London, xi, no. 6, 15th June 1918, p. 397.] 



This is a report of a case of a man being attacked by the larvae 

 of Lucilia caesar, a fly that frequently lays its eggs on the bo dies of 

 dead animals, but very seldom on living human beings. The patient 

 had for three weeks slept on the bare ground in a wood. Over a 

 hundred larvae were removed with forceps from the genital area ; 

 in some cases they were found buried entirely under the skin. Larvae 

 removed from the patient were found to have the stomach and 

 intestines filled with fresh blood. 



Chalmers (A. J.) & King (H. H.). Blister Beetles as a Public 

 Nuisance. — New Orleans Med. & Surg. Jl., New Orleans, Ixx, 

 no. 5, November I'^IT, pp. 445-455, 6 figs. 



This paper describes an epidemic of eruptions on the skin that 

 occurred in Khartoum in August 1916, and was caused by the 

 Cantharid beetles, Epicauta sapphirina, Maeklin, and E. tomentosa, 

 Maekhn. A third species, Mylahris nubica, de Marseul, was present 

 at this time, but was so rare that its share in the epidemic must have 

 been negligible. Europeans were those chiefly affected ; there were 

 also some cases among Egyptians, but none among natives of the 

 Sudan. The best treatment was to prick the blister and apply a 

 dressing of 1 in 80 carbolic acid, though in the majority of the victims 

 the lesions were allowed to heal untreated. It is only in August 

 that these beetles are seen in Khartoum, as this is their breeding 

 season. 



Hata (H. ). Plague Dissemination through the Agency of Fleas. — 



Saikingaku Zasshi {Jl. Bacteriol.), no. 257, 10th February 1917, 

 pp. 131-148. [Abstract in China Med. Jl., Shanghai, xxxii, no. 1, 

 January 1918, p. 51.] 



The idea that plague is perpetuated by rats eating the carcases 

 of other individuals that have died of the disease would presuppose 

 a larger percentage of mesenteric gland infection in rats than has 

 been found in the author's experience. The results of examinations 

 in Hyogo Province, Japan, lead to the conclusion that the infection 

 must have reached the glands through the skin and not through 

 the intestines, thus strengthening the view that it was conveyed 

 by fleas rather than by anything the rat had eaten. 



