The Treatment of Kala-Azar

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in a hopeless condition, this nevv (at that tune; treatment, during which the patient steadily improved eventually to walk out a robust in ivi dual, so changed that in some instances ie was not at first recognised by his own people, seeme almost too good to be improved upon. ̂ e\er theless, there zvas considerable room for improve ment. Amongst those who underwent treatmen the death-rate was decidedly high; it is (i cu to say how high it was as the records on ^ 11s

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