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Rh We now propose to close this paper by quoting a number of cases, for the most part admitted to the Seamen's Hospital, London Tropical School of Medicine, by which we hope more fully to emphasise the real importance of blood examination in Tropical Disease; and we would take this opportunity of thanking Sir Patrick Manson and Dr Daniels for having so kindly allowed us the use of the Hospital Reports and also for making mention of some private cases.

Case 1. S. S., 20, from the Punjaub. Admitted, 24th October 1905. History of 3 days' illness with rigor, vomiting, headache, and sweats. Liver and spleen slightly enlarged. Temperature on admission, 100°. Blood examined and Spirochœtœ obermeieri found.

Case 2. O., 23, from Darjeeling. Admitted, 9th December 1903, for malaria, with history that quinine had proved ineffective. Spleen three and a half inches below costal margin. Liver just palpable. Blood examined after interval without quinine, and no malaria parasites found. Temperature remittent or intermittent quotidian. Hepatic puncture showed Leishman-Donovan bodies. Arsenic treatment at