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position when agitating in favour of a French institu- 

 tion of tropical medicine, and Stiles refers to the rela- 

 tion of the States to the Philippines 4 ) when striving for 

 the introduction of a wider parasitological instruction 

 at the American Universities. 



It is beyond all doubt that animal parasitology can 

 boast a development which, under other circumstances, 

 would have amazed the medical world, but which is 

 being overshadowed by the all-eclipsing results of bac- 

 teriological researches. The predominance of bacterio- 

 logy has also, as far as teaching goes, been fatal to 

 parasitology. I have tried to redress this wrong by 

 starting a practical course in animal parasitology of a 

 similar description to the bacteriological one. Of course, 

 in a small country, with such limited means as ours, 

 a course of instruction like the one offered at the schools 

 of tropical medicine is quite out of the question. On 

 more than one important point we had to put up with 

 makeshifts using free living amoebae instead of parasitic 

 ones, the trypanosoma of the hamster instead of the 

 surra and ngana parasite, demonstrating malaria prepa- 

 rations instead of making investigations in vivo, etc. 

 But on the other hand such practical work will afford 

 an opportunity for following some of the fundamental 

 experiments of helminthology, as feeding with trichinae 

 and possibly with some form of hunia. At these cour- 

 ses special stress is laid upon making the students 

 carry away a collection of preparations to be referred 

 to during their future studies. 



Only a restricted number are admitted to each of 

 these parasilological courses. It is to be hoped, however, 

 that it will be possible some day to so increase the accom- 

 modation that all students can attend the class. Indeed, 

 I consider such laboratory work in parasitology as of 



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