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THE subject-matter of the work referred to below may be considered under three headings: (1) The transmission of filaria by mosquitoes. In Fiji the carrier is mainly Stegomyia pseudoscutellaris. The developmental stages are carefully described, but some of the illustrative plates are not very good. The author' s experiment tending to show that the filarial larvae find their own way rn through the skin is a most interesting one. (2) The clinico-patho-logical facts, though scattered about the book and not blended into one harmonious picture, form some of the most valuable information supplied. No explanation is suggested for the absence of chyluria, generally taken as a typical filarial disease, nor is any light shed on the pathology of elephantiasis, but the concrete facts as to where really filariae do occur, and what changes they produce, are a welcome addition to our knowledge. (3) The connection between filaria and the so-called filarial diseases is considered statistically. We have been at some pains to unravel the author'a from a variety of tables most confusingly presented, in which percentages are erroneously calculated and totals wrongly added up. They may be summarised in the following statements:—
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The Diseases Due to Filaria Bancrofti 1 . Nature 89, 487 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089487a0
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