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tion of water, for which he apparently considers heat the only entirely satisfactory medium. He thinks dhoby's itch is actually transmitted from the washerman by means of the clothes, in spite of the fact that many authorities make light of this danger ; and has seen the incidence of the disease reduced greatly by reforms in washing. Turning to the body of the work, we find sprue regarded as often merely a sequela of dysentery, and the suggestion is thrown out that the disease may be due, in these cases, to the action of toxines produced by the Shiga bacillus. The vexed question of the causation of beri-beri is discussed at some length, the author inclining to the view of H. Wright, that it is due to a
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