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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 
BOOKS. 
Ashford, B. K. and Igaravidez, P. G. (1911). Uncinariasis {Hookwonn Disease) 
in Porto Rico: A Medical and Economic Problem. Washington: Government 
Printing Office, U.S. America. Document No. 808. 335 pp. with a map and 
many illustrations. 
An exhaustive report dealing with conditions affecting Uncinariasis in 
Porto Rico, the history of a 10-years’ campaign against the disease and clinical 
studies thereon. Pages 99-238 contain a compilation of the Reports of the 
Porto Rico Anaemia Commission for the years 1904-09 inclusive. A summary 
of the forthcoming report for 1909-10 then follows, together with a description 
of methods of combating Uncinariasis. An Appendix contains the case 
histories of 306 patients who were made the subject of special study. The 
report is very interesting but the English is shocking. N. 
Bahr, P. H. (1912). Filariasis and Elephantiasis in Fiji. Being a report to the 
London School of Tropical Medicine. London; Witherby & Co. 326 High 
Holborn, W.C. Jonrn. Loud. Sch. Trop. Med. Suppl. No. 1. 192 pp. with 
many coloured and monochrome plates, numerous charts and one map. 
In this report the author gives an account of his investigations on FilariasLs 
and Elephantiasis in Fiji diiriug the year 1910. The extreme frequency of 
Filariasis in this region enabled many interesting results to be obtained, and 
Dr Bahr is to be congratulated upon the manner in which they are presented 
to the reader. The Filaria occurring in Fiji, although exhibiting no periodicity 
in its presence in the blood, is shown to be indistinguishable on morphological 
grounds from the common Filaria bancrofti. It is uncertain, therefore, 
whether the Filaria of Fiji should be regarded as a new species or not. 
Stepomyia pseudoscutellaris (Theob.) is shown to be the chief agent in trans¬ 
mitting the disease, Culex fatigans being a much less efficient intermediary. 
The author gives some interesting photographs showing the development of the 
Filaria inside the mosquito, and also the worms escaping from the proboscis. 
It is suggested that the comparative sterility of the Fijians is due to the 
extreme prevalence of filariasis amongst the natives, as this disease often 
attacks the male genitalia and the worms are frequently found in the testes. 
Elephantiasis of the scrotum is very common, and some of the cases are 
illustrated by photographs. The appendices occurring at the end of the report 
contain details of experiments and also many interesting notes. Of especial 
interest is the description of the breeding habits of Stegomyia pseudoscutellaris. 
