Dengue and hemorrhagic fevers of Southeast Asia.

During the summer of 1897 the inhabitants of the coastal towns of North Queensland, Australia suffered their fourth consecutive annual visitation of dengue fever. The unusual virulence of this 1897 epidemic engaged the concern of Dr. F. E. Hare of Charters Towers, Queensland, who undertook to write a general description of the outbreak by polling physicians practicing in the region.' From 19 correspondents Hare obtained records of 60 fatalities, 30 of these in children. The severe illness in children was most characteristic. Hare remarked that these cases were,