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therapeutic tests, Major H. W. Acton, I.M.S., dwelt upon the 
necessity for diffusibility in any drug which claimed to have a 
therapeutic action in kala-azar and on the dangers of analogy 
between trypanosomiasis and leishmania infections, which were 
totally different groups of diseases. In reply Dr. Brahmachari 
commented upon the different therapeutic value of antimony 
compounds where the antimony was in pentavalent and in 
trivalent form respectively. 
In general throughout the year the policy adopted was 
one of throwing the meetings open to medical visitors in the 
hopes that they might be attracted to join the Society, of tak- 
ing full and detailed précis notes o all papers and discussions ; 
whilst publication was in general assured, either in the form 
of papers published in extenso after being read at the e meetings, 
in the Indian paras Gazette, or of full and detailed précis in 
the ‘Current Topi columns of the same journal. The 
facts that several of “the questions and problems dealt with 
have led to correspondence with the different Provincia! 
Governments and to general enquiries, whilst abstracts have 
been made by several of the daily papers in India show how 
important the activities of the Medical Section are with 
reference to current Indian medical nites ons 
On the other hand the present divorce which exists 
between the Medical Section and es more general activities 
of the Society is deplored. Modern scientific medicine of today 
is now breaking away from the old rule-of-thumb methods and 
from empiricism, and is becoming a living and experimental 
Science. It is by degrees being realised that modern medicine 
must keep in close touch with such sciences as botany, 
physiology, zoology, pure and xpaliad erent se 
and statistical methods, and above all b mistry. Thes 
subjects are toa large extent included in the Society” 8 genni 
activities and it is desirable that closer co-ordination between 
them and the Medical Section should be secured. 
R. Knowtes, Major, 1.MS.. 
Medical Secretary. 
