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FixDLAY (W. F). Cheese-mite Itch and Conjunctivitis. A "Minor 

 Horror" o£ the Great War.-.Y.Z. Med. JL, Wellington, xx, 

 no. 96, April 1921, pp. 146-150. 



Itch due to cheese-mites occurred in New Zeahmd prior to 1914, 

 but was not common. It appeared in several cheese stores in the 

 Dominion during the war, owing to the prolonged storage of cheese. 

 The mite concerned in the cases of conjunctivitis and itch here dealt 

 with was Tyroglyphns longior, Gerv., the life-history of which is briefly 

 noted. The mites were not troublesome if a constant temperature of 

 35° F. was maintained in the store, though they were not killed. 

 Fumigation with carbon bisulphide, 13 lb. to 5,000 cu. ft., ensured 

 freedom from them for six months. The best method is to fumigate 

 thoroughly a shed or dairy between the seasons when cheese is in 

 store. All corners, ledges and woodwork should be painted with 5 per 

 cent, carbolic. 



M\GVTH (T. B.). Dermatobia hominis. — Arch. Dermal & Sypli., 

 Chicago, 111., ii, no. 6, December 1920, pp. 716-721, 4 figs. 

 (Abstract in Trop. Dis. Bull., London, xviii, no. 1, 15th July 

 1921, p. 25.) 



A smnmary is given of some previously recorded cases of attacks 

 by this fly, with a description and figures of it, the object of the 

 paper being to anticipate the possible spread of Dermatobia beyond 

 its present area. 



KuBo (Kametar6). [Common Species of Flies in Houses in Manchuria.] 



— Tokyo Iji Shinshi [Tokyo Med. News], no. 2180, 5th June 1920, 

 pp. 1085-1087. (Abstract in Trop. Dis. Bull., London, xviii, 

 no. 1, 15th July 1921, p. 22.) 



The following flies were collected during September and October in 

 food shops in the town of Eiko, Manchuria : — Musca domestica (8,437), 

 Muscina stabulans (6), Fannia canicidaris (11), F. scalaris (1), Lncilia 

 caesar (13), Calliphora lata (2), C. erythrocephala (2), and Sarcophaga 

 carnaria (1). M. domestica thus formed 98-58 per cent of the total. 



Takeda (Saburo). lA Case of Myiasis.]— To/^yo Iji Shinshi [Tokyo 

 Med. News], no. 2190, 14th August 1920, pp. 1531-1535. (Abstract 

 in Trop. Dis. Bull., London, xviii, no. 1, 15th July 1921, p. 26.) 



This case of intestinal myiasis reported from Seoul, Korea, was due 

 to the larvae of Muscina stabulans. 



Naslund (C). Ett Forsok att systematiskt Bekampa Flackfeber och 

 Recurrens i Ostra Delen av Polen. [An Attempt systematically to 

 combat Typhus and Recurrent Fever in the Eastern Part of 

 Poland.]— //j'^iVa, Ixxxii, p. 845. (Abstract in Sanit. Supplements, 

 Trop. Dis. Bull., London, no. 2, 30th June 1921, pp. 107-108.) 



The Swedish Red Cross Expedition to Poland in 1920 worked in 

 Minsk and its surroundings from March to May. It was originally 

 intended to destroy lice by the use of both heat and hydrocyanic 

 acid gas, but eventually heat was dispensed with. For producing 

 hydrocyanic acid gas at a concentration of 1 volume per cent, in 1 cubic 



