The Fourth Factor in the Aetiology of Malaria: Its Relation with Anopheles and Its Particular Application to Malaria in Bengal

It would be easy to dismiss this book in a couple of lines as the ravings of a lunatic unable to adequately express himself in English. Such apparently is the opinion of the Collector of the District where he is employed, who (it is stated) has ordered him to publish his work for professional criticism at the earliest possible moment, and take the consequences of an adverse judgment upon it. If this is really the case, it. behoves the reviewer to be especially careful in his judgments, lest they cause further embarrassment to the author. None the less, it is an exceedingly difficult task to review. The English is so bad as to be well-nigh incomprehensible in places; the pages of turgid rhetoric