In the early years of the present century the French school of haematologists appreciated that acute acquired haemolytic anaemia was dependent upon the presence of abnormal antibodies in the blood (Chauffard, Troisier and Vincent, 1908; Hayem, 1908; Widal, Abrami and Brule, 1907). During the first world war this important work was largely forgotten. Although Lederer (1925, 1930) gave his first ...

THE treatment of trachoma with aureomycin is still far from satisfactory, in spite of favourable reports from such authorities as Braley and Sanders (1949), Boase (1950), Duke-Elder, Ainslie, and Boase (1950), and Tanaka (1951). The drug had been given a fair trial here, but the results have been uncertain in pannus as well as in the lid condition. Similarly disappointing results were reported ...