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Eenault (Jules'. M6sures prophylactiques centre le Typhus Exanthe- 

 matique et le Typhus R6current. [Prophvlr.lic Measures against 

 Exanthematous and Kecurrent Typhus.] — Paris Med., 1915, 

 24th July, vol 5, nos. 11-12, pp. 206-212. 

 The method recommended for treating persons infected with lice 

 is described. The patient strips in one room and enters another in 

 which he is treated. The whole of his clothing is put into a metal box, 

 sprayed with 40 to 50 cc. of benzine and the lid closed ; all lice are 

 killed in from 15 to 20 minutes. Cotton garments are boiled in a 

 5 per 1,000 solution of carbonate of soda for 10 minutes ; woollen 

 clothing is disinfected by heat or fumigation with sulphur. The 

 patient's hair is removed if he be badly infested and his body well 

 rubbed over with one of the following preparations, special care being 

 given to the head, beard, axillae, etc. :• — Camphorated oil (10 per 

 cent.) ; oil of turpentine (15 per cent.) ; camphorated spirit (10 per 

 cent.) ; chloroform water (5 per 1,000) ; a mixture of equal 

 parts of oil and petrol ; 90 drops of xylol mixed with 30 grammes 

 of vaseline ; a solution of anisol (anisol 5 cc, 90 per cent, 

 alcohol 50 cc, water 45 cc). Benzine may be applied on the head 

 under a bonnet or on the body under a cloak. Grey ointment is 

 especially used for the treatment of Phthirws pubis. It is advisable 

 to restrict its use to the pubic and axillary regions and to wash oH" all 

 ointment two hours after application. Vaseline mixed with yellow 

 precipitate in the proportion of 1 in 50 is advised for the treatment of 

 P. pubis in the eyelashes and eyebrows. This does not destroy the 

 eggs and the treatment must be persisted in daily for a week in order 

 to kill the lice as they hatch out. 



Orticoni. Prophylaxie du Typhus Exanthematique. Proe6de de 

 Destruction Rapide des Poux de Corps. [Prophylaxis against 

 Exanthematous Tvphus. Method for the rapid destruction of 

 body lice.]— Pam Med., 1915, ITth April, vol. 4, no. 49-50, 

 pp. 480-481. 

 A 10 per cent, solution of formalin sprayed over the clothing is 



advised as the best means of killing body lice and their eggs. Death 



is said to take place in a few minutes and the method has the advantage 



of not harming the clothing in any way. 



Illingw ORTH (J. F.). Notes on the Habits and Control of the Chicken 

 Flea {Echidnophaga gaUinacea, Westwood). — Jl. Econ. Enfom. 

 Concord, viii, no. 5, October 1915, pp. 492-495. 

 Much of the matter in this paper has already been published [see 

 this Review, Ser. B, iii, p. 148]. A few additional notes are given 

 of the life-history of this flea. Several individuals were studied on 

 the head of a fowl to which they had attached themselves. The males 

 frequently changed their positions at night, but remained stationary 

 during the day. The females remained in one spot throughout life, 

 unless seriously disturbed. Pairing and oviposition took place at 

 night, but not until the fleas have had a feed of blood. After mating, 

 the males lived from two to six days, the females from eighteen to 

 forty, producing eggs up to the time of their death. 



