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Myiasis. Coates, G. M., "A Case of Myiasis Aurium accom- 

 panying the Radical Mastoid Operation/' Journ. Amer. Med. Assoc., 

 Chicago, 111., 1914, Ixiii, pp. 479-480 : Apparently C. macellaria, forty 

 to fifty coming away with the gauze after the operation. 



Huber, G. U., and Flack, F. L., "An Unusual Case of Screw- 

 worms in the Nose and Nasal Accessory Sinuses/' Journ. Anier. Med. 

 Assoc., Chicago, 1914, Ixiii, pp. 2288-2289. 



Auricular Myiasis. Francaviglia, M. C., "An cora sulla myiasi 

 auricolare," Boll. Sedute Accad. Gioenia, Catania, 1914, No. 31, pp. 

 15-23. This writer mentions the following parasites in the human ear : 

 Sarcophaga carnaria, L. ; Wohlfartia magnified, Schiner ; Chrysomyia 

 macellaria, F. ; Calliphora vomitoria, L. ; and Anthomyia pluvialis, L. 

 He refers to a severe myiasis in Russia, due to a fly variously 

 recorded as Sarcophaga wohlfarti, Rond. ; S. ruralis, Meig. ; or Sarco- 

 phila meigeni, Portsch. These are all probably synonyms of 

 W. magniftca. Chrysomyia macellaria, in Central America and 

 South America, is quite as harmful as S. carnaria, causing perfora- 

 tion of the tympanum and meningitis. Lncilia nobilis and L. ccesar 

 have also been incriminated. Of the sub-family Anthomyince, the 

 larvae of Fannia scalaris, Meig., F. canicularis, Meig., F. incisurata, 

 Zett, and Hydrotcea meteorica, L., are chiefly associated with 

 myiasis. He recommends, if the larvae are outside the tympanum, 

 an injection of chloroform vapour by a few drops of water saturated 

 with chloroform, by an emulsion of 5 per cent, carbon bisulphide 

 or with benzine. When detached they may be removed with forceps 

 or a solution of boric acid. If the tympanum has been perforated, 

 the larvae must be removed at once. 



Francaviglia also records the larva of Oestrus ovis in the human 

 ear (Boll. Sedute Accad. Gioenia, Catania, 1914, No. 31, pp. 23-27). 



Body, Head, and Clothes Lice. Lobaczewski (Wien. kiln. 

 Wochenschr., Vienna, 1915, xxviii, pp. 373-374) recommends the 

 impregnation of body linen with a 30 per cent, solution of oleum betas 

 in 96 per cent, alcohol as an efficient method of keeping the body 

 free of lice. But the process must be renewed each time the linen is 

 washed and it takes fifteen minutes to carry out. On adding the 

 oil to the alcohol, a portion of the former is precipitated, the super- 

 natant fluid is decanted and poured over the linen, which is wrung 

 out in it and dried. The garments retain their lice-proof properties 

 until washed. Three days after wearing the clothes thus treated no 

 lice remain on the body. 



Portnikov, Proc. of Conference of Bacteriologists and Representatives 

 of Medical Sanitary Authorities on the Campaign against Infectious 

 Diseases in connection with the War, Soc. Rnss. Physicians in mem. 

 Pirosov, Moscow, 1915, p. 131). 



