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accomplishing Ste(/otni/l(( reduction in that country must be quite 

 diflerent from that usually recommended elsewhere. In most seaj^orts 

 the low-pressure water-supply necessitates the use of water-storing 

 receptacles, which form the chief breeding places of Sfegomyia fasciata . 

 The introduction of a constant high pressure water-supply would 

 justify a campaign against these receptacles, and would lead to their 

 automatic disuse, a course which would be more effective than a 

 campaign against the water in which mosquitos breed, especially as the 

 latter would necessitate throwing open the houses to inspectors. 

 Persuasive measures should be used at present, though few objections 

 (religious or otherwise) have been raised by the householders against 

 the provision of a sufficient and constantly available water-supply. 

 By this plan the main position would be carried and the completion of 

 the task of reducing Stegomijia would become a question of tactics, 

 dift'ering in different places. As regards measures in the interior of 

 houses, any attempt to deal with them at present is not advocated. 

 Outside the houses breeding places such as discarded tins, bottles, etc., 

 can be effectively dealt with and roof gutters should never be permitted 

 in the tropics. The provision of a constant water-supply is a costly 

 measure, but for international reasons it is advisable to raise the standard 

 of sanitation in the large Indian sea-ports. The harbour of Madras 

 and an area in Georgetown would be most suitable for a first experiment, 

 owing to its favourable conditions for the breeding of Slegoinyia. A 

 scheme for a constant water-supply is at present being carried out in 

 G-eorgetown. 



TowNSEND (C. H. T.). El Vector de la Verruga. [The carrier of 

 Verruga]. — Nohci<(,s, Lima, no. 22. 15th Xov. 1913, p. 7. 



The author has communicated to the Latin American Medical 

 Congress what he considers to be scientific proof that the Phlebnfomus 

 discovered by him in the area of Matucana, Peru, is the carrier of 

 verruga, which he has succeeded in transmitting in the laboratory to 

 two more animals, a dog {Canis caraihicus) and a monkey [Cebus 

 capi(cinus). The former animal was injected with an extract of 

 PJilebotonius caught at Quebrada de Verruga ; the other was exposed 

 in a place next to a wall from which Phlebotomus emerged in great 

 numbers every night. It was kept in this place from 10th October 

 to 6th November, and on 11th and r2th November the blood of this 

 monkey was found to contain true Barton bodies, and on the 13th 

 the characteristic eruption broke out on the monkey's orbits. 



The author points out that this is the first time that Barton bodies 

 have been found in the blood of animals other than man. 



GuENAUx (G.). Traitement des Maladies Parasitaires des Olseaux de 

 Basse-Cour. [Treatment of Parasitic Diseases of Poultry.] — La 

 Vie Agricole el Rurale, Paris, 8th November, 1913, ii, no. 49, 

 p. 603. 



In this article the author gives several remedies for difterent diseases 

 of birds including the treatment for tfie attacks of the fowl mite 

 {Dermanyssus gallinae). The fowl-houses, etc., should be cleaned and 

 washed with boiling water, the walls and perches being washed over 



