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EoDHAiN (J.). Herpetomonas parasites de larves d'Oestrides cavicoles. 



_ [Herpetomonas parasites of intestinal Oestrid larvae.]— 5m^^. 



Soc. Path. ExoL, Paris, viii, no. 6, 9tli June 1915, pp. 369-372, 1 pi. 



The larvae investigated were found in Bubalis lelwel jacksoni and 

 Potamochaems jwrcus in the North-East of the Belgian Congo, and 

 were those oi Oestrus aureo-argeniatus, Rodh. &,Bec[., Oestrus bertrandi, 

 sp. n., Gedoelstia 'paradoxa, sp. n., Kirhia ? blancJiardi, Ged., 

 K, minuta, sp. n., and Rhinoestrus nivarleti, Kodh. & Beq. 



Sergent (E.) & Foley (H.). Destruction par I'essence d'Eucalyptus 

 des poux du corps, agents transmetteurs de la fievre r^currente et 

 du typhus exanth6matique. [Destruction of body lice, the 

 carriers of recurrent fever and exanthematous typhus, with 

 eucalyptus oil]— Bull. Soc. Path.Exot., Paris, viii, no. 6, 9th June 

 1915, pp. 378-381. 



Experiments are described showing that Pedicidus humanus, L. 

 {vestimenti, De Geer), is killed if placed on material slightly moistened 

 with eucalyptus oil. Of 20 lice placed in a glass vessel with two pieces 

 of twisted cloth, one soaked in the oil and the other clean, 17 took 

 refuge in the latter, while contact with the impregnated material, even 

 in the open air, killed the lice instantly. There is no action in the open 

 air at distances of even less than an inch, but in closed vessels death 

 takes place in a few hours at 4 inches from the saturated rag. A cloth 

 bag containing 200 lice was covered with a square of the same material 

 soaked in the oil and then dried in the air, all the lice being killed in 

 a few hours. The action of the oil is comparable to that of camphorated 

 oil, but more powerful. A piece of cloth soaked in eucalyptus oil 

 and left to dry in the air for four days at 60° F. was thrust into an 

 open tube containing 30 Uce, but not in contact with them ; all were 

 dead the next day. A dog infested with Haematojyinus piliferus, 

 Burmeister, was covered with a cloth on which the oil was sprinkled 

 drop by drop ; 48 hours later all the Hce were dead. Trials of the oil 

 on human clothing showed that 24 hours afterwards all Hce had 

 disappeared from the parts actually touched by the oil, and a case is 

 cited of a native of Algiers who was swarming with vermin, but who 

 showed none for several days after treatment. The eggs were 

 apparently not killed, as in eight days young hce made their 

 appearance. Half an ounce of oil is sufficient for about 2 square feet 

 of material, if dropped on one side only ; folds and seams should be 

 specially attended to, and it is thought that where change of clothing 

 is impossible, as in the case of soldiers in the field, the regular dressing 

 of the seams with the oil would be practically useful. 



Laveran (A.). Leishmaniose am6ricaine de la peau et des muqueuses. 



'^ [American leishmaniasis of the skin and mucous membranes.] — 



Bull. Soc. Patk Exot., Paris, viii, no. 6, 9th June 1915, pp. 382- 



397. 



Discussing the probable mode of spread of the American form of 



leishmaniasis, the author says that biting insects are held responsible 



for the spread of ulcerative leishmaniasis in America, but it is extremely 



