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Christy (Major C). Notes on Malaria for Officers and N.en.— Lancet, 

 London, cxciii, no. 4909, 29th September 1917, pp. 485-486. 



These notes are stated to be an amplified syllabus of lectures 

 delivered in the field to troops in East Airica. The best method of 

 protection, where a mosquito net is not available, is the use of " Bamber 

 oil," which is used extensively against mosquitos by coolies on plan- 

 tations in Ceylon. This is composed of citronella oil (not lemon 

 grass oil) H parts, kerosene (paraffin) 1 part, coconut oil 2 parts. 

 To this mixture 1 per cent, carbolic acid is added. This affords 

 protection for 4-6 hours. 



Rossi (G.). Igiene, Malaria e "Questione meridionals. " [Hygiene, 

 Malaria and the " South Italy Question."]— La Malariologia, 

 Naples, Series I, x, no. 3, 15th June 1917, pp. 50-59. 



In a recent paper Prof. C. Fermi has drawn attention to the utility 

 of restricted drainage and anti-anophehne measures in rapidly freeing 

 districts from malaria, instancing his work in Sardinia [see this Review, 

 Ser. B, V, p. 117]. In criticising this, the author observes that Fermi 

 treats the matter from the standpoint of the hygienist and considers 

 the malaria of south Italy as a disease only, whereas it is in fact a 

 calamity to agriculture that can be mastered only by drainage on an 

 extensive scale. 



Fermi (C). Deve preferirsi la piecola Bonifica e la Profllassi antiano- 

 felica, la Bonifica agraria come Metodo smalarizzante ? [Should 

 restricted Drainage and anti-anopheline Prophylaxis be preferred 

 to extensive Drainage as a Remedy for Malaria ?] — La Malari- 

 ologia, Naples, Series I, x, no. 3, 15th June 1917, pp. 60-66. 



i In reference to the above criticism, Prof. Fermi states that he has 

 never claimed anti-anopheline work to be other than a temporary 

 measure for affording time for either restricted or extensive drainage 

 to accomphsh its task, or for freeing from infestation highly cultivated, 

 well irrigated districts, where drainage is temporarily ineffective. 



Pick (W.). Ueber Pferderaude beim Menschen. [Horse-mange in 

 Man.]— Wiener Bin. Wochenschr., Vienna, xxx, no. 27, 5th July 

 1917, pp. 849-850. 



A female mite and two eggs were found in one of three instances where 

 Sarcoptes scabiei communis f. major was seen in human cases of horse 

 mange, thus proving that this parasite can breed in man. The 

 spontaneous healing even of severe cases, and the fact that the mite 

 was observed only when the disease had been newly-contracted, show 

 that this mite is short-lived in man. Even when horses are severely 

 affected, their attendants can avoid infestation by carefully washing 

 themselves from the waist upwards with carbolineum-soap solution : 

 Rp. Carbolinei 50, Sapon. Kalin. 60, Aqu. 1,000. Sulphur preparations 

 and petroleum may be used for curative purposes as for scabies. 



