Placenta Prævia

Sir,?The translation of the article of Drs. G. Di Cristana and G. Caronia in the May 15th number of the Journal of Tropical Medicine, reporting the successful treatment of the Mediterranean form of kala-azar by means of tartar emetic intravenously, lias just reached India. I, therefore, write to place on record the fact that I had previously commenced precisely similar treatment of the Indian form of kala-azar, with most promising results. As a matter of fact I had arranged to try this plan of treatment as far back as October last (1914), quite independently of any other worker, and even before 1 was aware of the success of Gaspar Viarra in the