The Insane

Malaria As Aid To The Insane

r[E mental condition of insane people suffering from nervous diseases has been remarkably improved by giving them malaria and then curing them, Sir Rickard Christophers, Professor of Ma larial Studies at the University of Lon don, told the newspapers in August.

Between 25 and 50 per cent, of the patients treated have been notably help ed, he said. His experimental malarial unit works in conjunction with the de partment of the Ministry of Health con cerned with malarial therapy in nervous diseases of the insane.

Mosquitoes, he stated, are being used to infect patients in most of the large hospitals, parasites being sent to Rome.

Antwerp, Roumania, and the United States.

Describing the work of his experimen tal unit, conducted in a shed on the roof of the London School of Tropical Medi cine, he said that there, in glass bowls and net-covered cages, 3,000 mosquitoes have been raised from egg grafts every fortnight during the past six years. He added that 1,000 mosquito larvae eat a teaspoonful of powdered dog biscuit every day, and that their rate of growth is colossal, corresponding, roughly, to a baby becoming the size of an elephant in a fortnight.

Mr. A. (“Blue”) Gow has taken up duties as manager of Lamemewai Plan tation, Kavieng, New Guinea.

Mr. H. Smythe, of the British Colonial Office, arrived in Sydney from England by the “Strathaird” in August, en route to Fiji.

Monsieur L. de Gaillande, of the Post Office Department, Vila, New Hebrides, is at present in France spending long sick leave.