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take the place of the poultices. The general treatment 

 is supporting and stimulating. Large abscesses fre- 

 quently develop remotely from the infected glandular 

 regions. At the time of my visit about 25 patients 

 remained in all stages of the disease. Some of them 

 were! in the height of the primary fever, more of them 

 were slowly recovering from extensive glandular ab- 

 scesses in the inguinal regions. I saw only two patients 

 in whom the axillary glands were also involved. In 

 all the inguinal abscesses that had been incised the en- 

 larged glands partially isolated from the surrounding 

 tissues presented a grayish appearance with no indica- 

 tions of any attempt at repair. 



Some of these survivors had been in the hospital for 

 two or more months. One of the convalescents, who 

 had recovered sufficient strength to walk about, had lost 

 his speech, the result of cerebral complications which 

 set in during the acute stage of the disease. All con- 

 valescents were emaciated to an extreme degree. Three 

 heroic trained female nurses take care of the sick, aided 

 by male and female helpers. One of these nurses has 

 been on constant duty since the epidemic commenced, 

 more than four years ago, and notwithstanding the 

 arduous and trying duties that she has so faithfully 

 performed her general health has not suffered; an in- 

 teresting proof of woman's endurance under circum- 

 stances that would be a severe test on the strength of 

 the strongest man. 



A COBRA DEN. 



My visit to the research laboratory was made late 

 in the day. It was during the short twilight, and in 

 the absence of electric or gas lighting we had to find 

 our way through the dark halls and rooms of the for- 

 mer palace of the governors of Bombay with the aid of 

 the light of a lantern. Lieut.-Col. Bannerman led the 

 way. We passed through halls and rooms on the first 

 floor between rows of cages containing rabbits, guinea 

 pigs, rats and mice, and the little creatures, scared by 



