ANOTHER FLEA REMEDY

Exhibition of New Remedy

seem to irritate, and might in that respect be considered a liquid vaseline, but purer. It was especially useful after alkaline baths in psoriasis. In the Practitioner for June there appeared an account by Dr Eoberts of Chester of forty-two cases in which he had employed this oil, to which he gave the name Oleum Deelinae. It appeared to be palliative and soothing. It was cheap, quite odourless,...

The Flea on the Elephant

The two lowest eigenvalues &(A), E,(i) of a symmetric double well tunnelling problem -A + 1*V as L --+ cc are considered and they are compared to the two lowest eigenvalues ,!?,,(A), E,(A) of -A + A*( V + W), where W is supported away from the well-bottoms of V. We determine the leading exponential splitting of various differences of the four numbers Es, E,, I!?,, E, Related problems are discus...

Flea-borne rickettsioses: ecologic considerations.

Ecologic and economic factors, as well as changes in human behavior, have resulted in the emergence of new and the reemergence of existing but forgotten infectious diseases during the past 20 years. Flea-borne disease organisms (e.g., Yersinia pestis, Rickettsia typhi, R. felis, and Bartonella henselae) are widely distributed throughout the world in endemic-disease foci, where components of the...

Flea-Borne Rickettsioses and Rickettsiae

Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis are flea-borne rickettsiae that are distributed throughout the world. This mini-review outlines the ecology and epidemiology of flea-borne rickettsioses; highlights important clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic considerations; and discusses areas of uncertainty regarding Rickettsia felis and other rickettsiae harbored by fleas.

The Expectation Remedy Revisited