cexxiv Proceedings of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
Character. Spirillum Carteri. nica eet variety 
Sym chelt ca .. Less severe. 
Complications . Prese As Nil. 
Relap : Twice © or thrice ee Nil. 
Mortality is ow ~ Naas 
Etiology. 
The disease is carried by lice and bed bugs. 
Treatment. 
Prophylactic treatment disinfecti othing,. 
bedding, and in the personal st anrrdaaly ot east man of the i in agar ch 
infection has rer mn place. ie dicinal treatment consists in Py immediate 
intravenous injection *4 of novoarsenobillon. Antimony salts have 
got no effect. Quinine is <a 
Fatty acids in the treatment of diseases caused by acid- 
t germ.—By P. GANGULI. 
I. Evolution. 
_ The properties of Chaulmoogra, Nim and Gurjan oils were rice 
in Aurvedas in the treatment of leprosy, syphilis and other skin 
3 ski ases. Shaw-Mac 
Oleate in —. e most important declaration was that from Rogers 
when he pro ced before the Leprosy Conference 1919, that the os 
teriolytic anerticl resided in the unsaturated fatty acids as a 
II. Action of fen acids. 
t al anti rea 
ing down of the bacilli and formation of an emulsion of bacillary pro 
teins which acting as auto-an cpp < peen! the formation of specific albu- 
minolysius causing focal and general r 
3. SpE ny a fibrolytic property rot the fatty acids has been 
ov active against newly f fibrous egos It = 
oe fr the aitainntion of tated ha Fearon foci fro syste 
ore permanent cure of pulmonary eabarctiionls; ‘f 
tented with fatty acids. 
Lastly, there isa erat oye and of fatty acids as adjuvants of 
betes drugs of antibodies seeking penetration of cells of animal organ- 
isms as the cuchantbonibe Sonteane of the cells are of lipoid nature and 
