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ScHERBER (G.)- Die Behandlung der Scabies mit Erdol aus Kleczany. 



[The Treatment of Scabies with Mineral Oil from Kleczany.]— 

 Wiener klin. Wochenschr., Vienna, xxx, no. 27, 5th July 1917, 

 pp. 850-852. 



In treating scabies excellent results were obtained with Kleczany 

 oil. This mineral oil is very pure and contains very little paraffin. 

 Treatment consists in thoroughly anointing the entire body, except 

 the head and neck, three or four times in one day, followed on the 

 next day by a warm bath and a change of underclothing. The oil 

 must not be rubbed in. This oil also kills Pediculus and Phthirius pubis. 



PiLZER (— ). Ueber Scabies (Kratze) und deren Behandlung mit Erdol 

 (Rohol) Kleczany. [Scabies (Itch) and its Treatment with Klec- 

 zany Mineral Oil (Crude Oil).] — Wiener klin. Wochenschr., Vienna, 

 xxx, no. 27, 5th July 1917, pp. 852-853. 



The treatment advised here [see above] is to anoint the body once 

 daily for three successive days, with a warm bath after a two-day 

 interval. The oil loses its fluidity at low temperatures and may be 

 warmed in a hot water bath. It is highly inflammable and neither 

 smoking nor the use of naked lights are permissible while it is being 

 used. 



Deszimirovics (K.). Klinisehe Beobachtungen uber den epidemischen 

 Ikterus. [Clinical Observations on Epidemic Jaundice.] — Wiener 

 klin. Wochenschr., Vienna, xxx, no. 30, 26th July 1917, 

 pp. 935-943. 



During the spring and summer of 1915, a large number of cases of 

 jaundice were observed in south-east Gahcia, and a lesser number 

 in the autumn and winter. That the carriers were Anophehne 

 mosquitos was shown, not only by blood examination, but by the 

 disease being prevalent in districts where malaria is rife, by its spread 

 to others where Anopheles occurs, and by its behaviour when quinine 

 was administered, the effect of the drug being the same as in malaria. 



Walker (E. L.). Observations on Leishmaniasis and Pseudoleishma- 

 niasis of the Amazon Basin. — New Orleans Med. Surg. Jl., New 

 Orleans, Ixx, no. 3, September 1917, pp. 283-292, 2 figs. 



In many regions of tropical America an epidermal leishmaniasis 

 occurs, resembling to a certain extent Oriental sore, but characterised 

 by the mucosa of the nose and pharynx being frequently involved, 

 usually vnth a fatal result. It has been known as bouba, bouton de 

 Bahia or ulcere de Bauru in Brazil, buba in Paraguay, espundia in 

 Bolivia, uta in Peru, forest yaws in the Guianas, and ulcere de Torreaba 

 in Colombia, though these names undoubtedly include skin lesions of 

 various types. Minute blood-sucking flies, including chiefly Simuliidae, 

 but also Ceratopogoninae, are the insects which appear to be the 

 vectors in the Amazon basin. 



