eexvi Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XV, 
Some a prophylaxis oo from Army Head- 
quarters — By W. W. Brow 
e following is a cursory less ig the returns ‘prepared by the 
Lisiiaes medical authorities in connection with a scheme to test the 
tain 
aie aeersnaty effect of quinine on malaria rs in cer stations in 
India e figures must vat with reserve, since 
(a) in many cases the quinine was not regularly aitictilaliaal 
(b) - corrections have speak applied ; 
(c) the cases have not been examined in ate 
As a matter of interest ishieot a are given to show the incidence of in- 
sen pinciigat men taking prophylactic ainiics and those not taking 
Total No. of men| Total Malaria : i 
dealt with. cases. Ratio per mille. 
be 
bo 
© 
~ 
~J 
—— 
te 
~ 
or 
A | 
B 3,051 76 24-9 
C | 3,337 95 28°4 
A-} 49 80 162°2 
B-1 | 334 : 70 208-5 
Ou | 378 84 222-2 
| 
» B-1 and C-1 _ men who had malaria within 12 months but 
were supposed to bec 
A, B & Chad no ‘ankes within 12 months of the commencement of 
sere ath treatmeat 
and A-1 had 7} ers, pore daily during the period of trial. 
and B-1 had 15 ger 8. quinine on 2 consecutive a weekly. 
C and C-1 had no mamas daring the period of tri 
Ratio per mille 
Influenza acs : admissions. 
1. Men taking quinine prophylax re a 126-4 
2. Men not taking quinine ire RO rs 89-0 
A simple gery for ee fecal carriers —By W. GLEN 
S. N. eins 
Liston, 
he detection of ‘‘ carriers’? has come to be recognized as a factor of 
prime im hone iy ny campaign ry Dedinas the incidence of a disease 
among a communi 
t no period in medical history has this method of combating disease 
been more at hea studied than during sage Great War. The opening 
of an Enteric Depét at Parel during the War, workin tip 1 ssociat 
with the Bombay Bacteriological Labo ie atory,. afforded a unique De or 
tunity to study the various method ich mg 
the isolation of typhoid and allied bacilli cea the + cra of ca 
consideration of the methods generally adopted rev ma gre fact 
that most of t cial for the d oe of ‘* carriers” are 
<mpio object either (a) of cenencdnabing e colonies of 
typhoid bacilli and its all e com rganisms found in fe 
ctions, or (5) uraging the growth of typhoid 
illi to a greater n the other organisms found in the stool 
neiples of differentiation an ent are often combined 
n 
of new methods to the practical exclusion of certain more elemen- 
tary principles of bacteriology. 
