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result that at the end of two months he could not find a trace of
anæmia in them; and these people who would otherwise have had their
names cut and been lost to the garden after great expense had been
incurred in feeding and treating them for many months, became once
more healthy working coolies. This is a measure which should be
carried out in all very bad cases of anæmia, and together with good
feeding would make the loss of either the permanent labour, or the
life of a coolie from anæmia of much rarer occurrence than it is at
present, I feel sure that these various points only need be brought to
the notice of such as do not already carry them out, in order that
they may be given a fair trial, which could only lead to their more
general adoption than is at present the case.

LEONARD ROGERS, M. B., B.S., London, F.R.C.S., Eng.,
Surgeon-Captain, I.M.S.