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KALA-AZAR IN THE ROYAL NAVY.
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I have ventured to bring these short notes forward, as further study and a better look-out for examples of these interesting diseases are required, for such cases may possibly be passed as malarial cachexia, etc.; also the marked improvement in his condition, at least for a time, under atoxyl treatment is noteworthy; lastly, all positive evidences of such diseases are worth recording.

The patient made so great a recovery that he has now returned to Australia, being quite free from fever and other serious symptoms for two months.