Kala Azar

To the Editor, "Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?In the communication from Surgn.-Capt. P. W. O'Gorman in your issue for November regarding hda azar I see no mention of the fact of his having made use of the microscope in his search for anchylostomata. If, instead of straining the motion and examining them microscopically, he examines them microscopically according to the directions given by Sonsiuo in Ilyg. and JJis. of Trop. Climates he will very soon ascertain, I feel certain, that the parasite, as evidenced by its ova, is present in a large percentage of the cases. In the General Hospital here we find them present in by far the larger number of cases of anaemia whether they come from the East Coast or West Coast. I suppose few doubt