22 Professor Symftiers on Trypatiosomiasis 



of natives suffering from trypanosomiasis were shown, and horses 

 suffering from dourine. Trypanosomes destroyed the spinal cord 

 of the animals. With regard to the geographical distribution of 

 the disease, 200,000 people in Uganda died in six years' time. 

 In Spain, Hungary, European Turkey, Syria, India, Sumatra, 

 Java, and the Phillipines there were trypanosomic diseases. 

 Sleeping sickness was rife in the Congo basin, the Cameroons, 

 Upper and Southern Nigeria, Togoland, the Ivory and Gold 

 Coasts, and the Gambia ; while in South America thousands of 

 cattle perished from trypanosomic diseases. Schand's discoveries 

 were alluded to, and the lecturer concluded by saying that, prin- 

 cipally owing to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 

 attempts had been made to discover a cure for sleeping sickness. 

 At the present day Todd, in Toronto, had shown that a new drug 

 was able to kill out the trypanosome in rats, and it might be that 

 they had hit upon something that would effect a cure. Many 

 acute observers were doing their best to make Central Africa a 

 white man's country. 



Right Hon. Thomas Sinclair moved a vote of thanks to 

 Professor Symmers for his interesting lecture, and said they did 

 not know whether to admire more his profound knowledge of 

 the subject or the wonderful lucidity with which he had placed 

 it before them. Lately he (Mr. Sinclair) had a visit from a North 

 of Ireland gentleman who held a colonial appointment in Uganda, 

 and the latter had informed hnn as to an interesting Government 

 experiment. Around Lake Nyanza the Government were en- 

 deavouring to clear a belt about three miles deep from the edge 

 of the lake. They were burning and cutting down trees in which 

 the flies causing that disease were nurtured, and they were de- 

 porting the natives to inland places. After hearing the lecture 

 they would watch the results of the experiment with interest. 



Mr. T. F. Shillington, J. P., seconded, and 



The motion was cordially . passed, and was conveyed by 

 the Chairman. 



Professor Symmers having acknowledged the compliment, 



The proceedings terminated. 



