Coma Due to Malaria *Condensed by Editor, I.M.G.

Ocular Complications in Smallpox *Paper condensed by editor. This work was done in the period before sulphonamides became available; these drugs may have markedly changed the situation.—Editor, I.M.G.

Carcinoma of the Apex of the Lung with Horner's Syndrome *Horner's symptom complex is defined by Stedman's Medical Dictionary as follows: Ptosis, myosis, anidrosis and enophthalmos due to paralysis of the cervical sympathetic.—Editor, I.M.G.

The Blood Examination of Three Thousand Four Hundred Cases of Febrile Disease in Bombay. Seasonal Prevalence of the Different Malaria Parasites. The Diagnosis of the Variety of the Young Stained Parasites *Paper read before the Bombay Medical and Physical Society, since revised and amplified for publication in the I.M.G.

Changing trends in incidence and aetiology of childhood acute non-traumatic coma over a period of changing malaria transmission in rural coastal Kenya: a retrospective analysis

OBJECTIVES Recent changes in malaria transmission have likely altered the aetiology and outcome of childhood coma in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors conducted this study to examine change in incidence, aetiology, clinical presentation, mortality and risk factors for death in childhood non-traumatic coma over a 6-year period. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. SET...

A Case of Acute Melancholia Treated with Cardiazol and Insulin *The paper has been condensed. The diagnosis in this case is open to question.—Editor, I.M.G.

A boy, aged 20 years, was admitted to hospital on 1st April, 1945, for the treatment of pain in the neck, back and legs, insomnia and dimness of vision for 20 days, and constipation for 3 days. The patient was grey-haired, and with prominent eyeballs (exophthalmos) and prominent upper maxillae. He had a look of depression, and would answer questions very slowly. Tongue dirty and coated; liver a...