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spect of success would be brighter if m as 
forthcoming for the fight but with limited resources efforts 
must be concentrated on one or two diseases only. he 
diseases which are transmitted by insects are eminently suitabl 
or selection. Malaria, plague, typhus and relapsing fever, 
But, again, let me say, we must thoroughly understand 
the strength of our enemy and our preparation and resources 
too clearly recognized that money spent on efficient health 
administration is in a very special sense remunerative. 
Munitions are required to win the next war. This is an 
axiom that needs little explanation. India has been provided 
very badly in the past with medical munitions. Every medical 
man should possess a microscope ; it is an instrument even 
more useful and necessary than a stethescope in tropical 
countries. How few medical men use this instrument; they 
must learn. 
n concluding this address I wish to express the hope that 
the lessons of the late war will not be lost on the medical 
and scientific professions. The calling to which, Gentlemen, 
