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Moon (R. 0.). The Chadwick Lectures on Typhus Fever in Serbia. 



Delivered at the Royal Society of Medicine on Oct. 20th and 29th, 



and Nov. 3rd 1915. — Lancet, London, May, June, 1916, pp. 1069- 



1073; 1111-1114; 1157-1160. 

 Howell (B. W.). The Typhus Fever Epidemic in Serbia 1915. — St. 



Barts. Hosp. Jl., London, xxiii, no. 5, February 1916, pp. 52-54, 



1 chart. 

 Chesney (Lilian Mary). Typhus Work in Stxhidi.— Practitioner, 



London, xevi, no. 5 (no. 575), May 1916, pp. 542-550. 

 TuLLiDGE (E. K.). Fleck Typhus. The Scourge of the Eastern War 



Theatre. — New York Med. Jl., New York, v. ciii, no. 25 



(no. 1959), 17th June 1916, pp. 1167-1169, 2 figs. 



These four papers deal with the typhus fever outbreak in the Eastern 

 theatre of the war, especially in Serbia. Dr. Howell states that there 

 is no doubt that lice transmit the disease, and that perhaps fleas and 

 bugs also have a, share. According to Dr. Chesney, though the louse 

 is considered the chief transmitter, it is thought that other agents and 

 means of infection must occur. Dr. Tullidge mentions that Acarus 

 scahiei was a great pest amongst the men, almost as much so as the lice. 

 The louse problem was dealt with vigorously, but in spite of all pre- 

 cautions, hce found their way into the wards, and doctors and nurses 

 had to wear protective clothing. 



Trask (J. W.). Malaria ; a Public Health and Economic Problem in 

 the United States. — JJ. S. Public Health Reps., Washington, B.C., 

 xxxi, no. 51, 22nd December 1916, pp. 3445-3452. 



The situation in respect of malaria in the United States is reviewed 

 in this paper. It is stated that there is probably no State in the Union 

 in which the disease is not present and in which it is not spread by the 

 local mosquitos. 



AVoLBACH (S. B.). The Etiology of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. 

 Occurrence of the Parasite in the Tick (Second Preliminary Report). 

 — Jl. Med. Res., Boston, Mass., xxxv, no. 1, September 1916, 

 pp. 147-150. 



In this paper the presence and distribution of the Rocky Mountain 

 spotted fever parasite in experimentally infected ticks, Dermacentor 

 venustus, Banks, is reported [see this Review, Ser. B, iv, p. 154]. 



Anderson (T. J.). Report on the Entomological Laboratory for the 

 Year ending 31st March 1914. — Ann. Rept. Dept. Agric. British 

 East Africa, 1913-1914, Nairobi, 1915, p. 82. [Received 27th 

 December 1916.] 



The following new mosquitos were collected during the year : — 

 Taeniorhynchus versicolor, Edw., Culex mirijicus, Edw., C. trifilatus, 

 Edw., C. andersoni, Edw., C.perfuscus, Edw., and C. aimmtapex, Edw. 



