The Treatment of Kala-Azar with Tartar Emetic

more rapid and striking result in any disease. Up to the first week of August I have treated twelve cases with tartar emetic, in nine of which the diagnosis was confirmed by finding the parasite in spleen punctures, and of these, with the exception of one who came in the very last stage, all have either recovered or are recovering. The method of treatment is the following:? A one percent, solution is injected every second day intravenously. With a little experience this is done quite easily and practically painlessly, the smallest child even submitting to it without crying. Care has to be taken that none of the