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BussiERE (P.). Paludisme et Drainage. [Malaria and Drainage.] — 

 Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, xi, no. 6, June 1918, pp. 517-530, 

 12 figs. 



This paper describes in detail certain drainage operations carried 

 out under the direction of the anti-malarial mission. These were 

 begim during the second half of July and completed by the end 

 of October, and had for their aim the amelioration of malarial 

 conditions in the region occupied by the troops. 



The immediate benefits derived from these operations were : — The 

 maintenance of the great Rudnick Marsh at its low-water level, invol- 

 ving the reclamation of about 2,500 acres ; the elimination of a small 

 marsh of about 10 acres, by utihsing the land for the raising of garden 

 vegetables for the use of the troops ; the filhng-in of a marshy stream 

 about 3| miles long, and its replacement by a rapid-flowing canal, 

 thus destroying an important centre of malarial infection. 



Laveran (A.). Boutons d'Orient experimentaux chez un Chimpanz6. 



[Oriental Sore experimentally produced in a Chimpanzee.] — Btdl. 

 Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, xi, no. 7, 10th July 1918, pp. 561-562. 



A chimpanzee, inoculated with Leishmania tropica from a mouse, 

 showed typical examples of Oriental sore at the points of inoculation. 

 A second inoculation, made after recovery from the effects of the 

 first, produced the malady in a markedly less degree, showing that 

 the animal had acquired a certain degree of immunity since the first 

 inoculation. 



Sergent (Edm. & Et.), Foley (H.) & Lheritier (A. ). De la Mortalite 

 dans le Debab, Trypanosomiase des Dromadaires. [Mortahty from 

 Debab, the Trypanosomiasis of Dromedaries.] — Bull. Soc. Path. 

 Exot., Paris, xi, no. 7, July 1918, pp. 568-570. 



In two cases of natural infection that have been carefully followed, 

 debab has proved fatal to dromedaries in the space of four months. 

 A case of artificial infection by the inoculation of infected blood 

 apparently recovered spontaneously in a year and a half. Debab 

 diminishes the powers of resistance of infected dromedaries and 

 renders them more susceptible to other infections and to the ill-effects 

 of privation and overwork. In this respect the disease resembles 

 malaria. 



Chatton (E.). Microfilaire du Chat domestique dans le Sud-Tunisien. 



[Microfilaria of the domestic Cat in South Tunisia.] — Bull. Soc. 

 Path. Exot., Paris, xi, no. 7, July 1918, pp. 571-573, 1 fig. 



The author records the finding in 2 domestic cats, out of 26 

 examined, of microfilariae the identity of which cannot be definitely 

 determined. The parasite seems closely allied to the filaria of the 

 dog, Dirofilaria immitis, the existence of which in Tunisia has 

 previously been recorded. This is, to the author's knowledge, only 

 the second time that microfilariae have been discovered in the 

 domestic cat. 



