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FEW problems of tropical medicine are more complex than that of the pathology of filariasis; it is one which for elucidation will require extensive research, carefully planned and properly standard- ised. Dr. Buxton's contribution to the problem forms Part 5 of the account of the investigations in Polynesia and Melanesia undertaken by the expedition sent out by the London School of Tropical Medicine. It bears the stamp of strictly scientific medical research. The methods and technique adopted are described in minute detail; statistics are complete and precise; a well-reasoned commentary concludes the account, and numerous references and cross-references enable the reader to verify readily the evidence on which the author's deductions are based. Considering the conditions under which research work in Oceania is carried out, Dr. Buxton is to be congratulated on the complete and exact nature of this record.
Researches in Polynesia and Melanesia; an Account of Investigations in Samoa, Tonga, the Ellice Group, and the Hebrides, in 1924, 1925.
By Patrick A. Buxton. Parts 5-7 (relating to Human Diseases and Welfare). (Memoir Series, No. 2.) Pp. xi + 139 + 27 plates. (London: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, 1928.) 9s.
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Researches in Polynesia and Melanesia; an Account of Investigations in Samoa, Tonga, the Ellice Group, and the Hebrides, in 1924, 1925 . Nature 124, 910 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124910a0
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