eexxiv Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XV. 
Sodium morrhuate in the treatment of tuberculosis.—By 
Sir LeonarD ROGERS, F.R.S 
The paper includes a description of the cecal of sodium 
morrhu - is m codliver oil and reports of its use in tubercular disease by 
several w s and ei etd ne the drug has a ceeteatice effect on the 
tubercle seedy in the tissu 
Diagnosis on a ave scale in hookworm infection.—By 
Cuayton Lan 
e most generally reliable means for the oe of hookworm 
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the ova in the stool. The most rapid eap and effective method of 
using this, at least in light infections, is by levitation properly performed. 
toy peony with essed stools promises to be satisfa ig fhe under = 
a r tobe simple, but which requi matio 
ey a larger mass of it e before md can be sae g accepted "Buch 
sonfirmason Ladson allow a  ehaics) change to be made r diagnostic 
arrangements, one combining rapidity, accuracy and shaatnial to an ex- 
tent not eres possible. 
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“Ts human ne likely to spread in India ?’’—By 
M. B. Sopar 
In this 8 paper Dr. » Soparkar ne si 8 sop pews ve bai a ne 
Bilharzioss in India. He es the re of r rches 
mode of propagation of “this « acai sare co acledee. por ns “this “sre 
bility depends upon the existence in this secre of suitable molluscan 
hosts, o the existence of this disease in India his enquiries show tha 
apart from imported ones, indigenous cases of t isease h 
few excepti bee corded. If on account of its characteristic 
on e sympt 
case simulate a common disease—dysentery ; while infection with Sch. 
epesiine causes symptoms which simulate chronic Malaria or Kala 
‘oe this account the author suggests that the latter infections might 
have hitherto been overlooked and emphasises the importance of routine 
cpr 
cattie in B 
tain number of them harbour Bilharzia worms weed the cintainadiaal type. — 
Investigations regarding fresh-water mollusca show that species of 
‘* Bullinus”’ which are known to carry Sch. hematobium have not yet 
n foun iad in India. On the other hand, several species of Planorbis 
ag Melania which  Fesemble the carriers of Sch. mansoni and Sc h, japoni- 
cum commonly oce India 
Experimental tidectien of ‘* Planorbis” with miracidia of Sch. 
hematobium, which was chiefly met with in Bombay, failed for obvious 
reasons. 
ing this inquiry examination of local molluscs resulted in the 
discovery of seventeen different species of sy _— ~ which rae 
the character of Schistosome cercaria. The au 
one all stages of a of one of shee ts he ice *vdontified 
adul 
indalis. 
In sypelesion he ‘suggests a —— survey of the — molluscs and 
further experimental work to settle the important question veered 
Bi 
human ithursinsie i is likely to tunes in India, a question which 
is still undecided. 
