Lieut.-Col. Robert Knowles

Appointments, Leave, Acknowledgments, &c.

GREGG, Bde.-Surgn.-Lieut.-Col. W. H., Offg. Civil Surgn. of Hooghly, is appointed to act as Civil Surgn. of Burdwan during the absence, on deputation, of Surgn.-Lieut.-Col. G. Price, or until further orders. Jordan, Surgn.-Capt. J. G., Offg. Civil Surgn. of Darbhanga, is appointed to act ns Civil Surgn. of Rangpur during the absence, on deputation, of Dr. P. A. Rigby, or until further orders. B...

The Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare *"The Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare," by Lieut.-Col. E. B. Vedder, M.C., U. S. A. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Co., 1925. English Agents: Bailliére, Tindall & Cox, London. Demy 8vo., pp. 327 plus xvi; 52 illustrations. Price 32s. 6d.

and it is equally certain that it will be fought with gas, | unless some other and more effective form of frightfulness has been discovered in the meantime. Hence the importance of this very complete, authoritative and wonderfully-illustrated exposition of the subject. In brief, the book is one which is essential to all military medical officers. Whatever may be the popular belief as to the bar...

Lieut.-Col. J. C. Robertson

Appointments, Leave

Churchill, Surgn.-Col. A. F., m.d., a.m.s., is brought on the Admtve. Medl. Staff of the Army, vice Surgn -Col. E. C. Markey, c B., who has reverted to the home establishment. Dated 22nd May 1895. Gallwey, Bde.-Surgn.-Lieut.-Col. M. M., M.D., A.M.S., to the Admtve. Medl. Staff of the Army, with the tempy. rank of Surgn -Col., vice Surgn.-Maj.-Genl A. A. Gore, M.D., appointed P. M. O., H. M.'s F...

Notes on Malaria in the Sibsagar District, Assam

prevalent among laymen at one time, however; it also prevailed among the medical profession. Such a belief is to be attributed chiefly to lack of accurate information on the subject. This year, Lieut.-Col. R. Knowles, i.m.s., in the closing lecture of his course on medical protozoology at the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, deplored that information on the subject of the parasitology of m...