SPIROCHAETOSIS conveyed by ticks has been recognized in Africa since 1904 owing to the researches of Ross, Dutton, and others, wlho incriminated thie tick Ornithodoro8 niwubata; similarly, Miana fever in Persia was found by Baifour to be a form of relapsing -fever transmitted by Argecs per8icus. I do not tlhink that the relapsing fever whichl occurs in Pa,estine lhas previously been traced to infeetion by ticks, and tlle following.notes may therefore have somne interest.
-1She had been quite well till the day before, when she began to suffer with prickling and smarting in both hands and the face, which quickly became red and swollen.Both hands were covered on their backs with scattered red spots varying from the size of a pin's head to that of a split pea, and there were a few on the lower parts of the forearms.The face, however, was much more extensively affected; the redness was much more uniform, and there was considerable swelling, so that the eyes could scarcely be opened. Almost the whole of the face and forehead was invaded by the rash, which had a fairly sharp margin, and there were a few scattered islets beyond on the healthy skin. Both on the face and hands, but especially the latter, there was a tendency to the tormation,of vesicles. The rest of the body was entirely free from any eruption, the temperature was normal, the tongue clean, and there was no feeling of ill health beyond the local discomfort. At first sight the face presented the appearance of an ordinary case of erysipelas of moderate severity, and in fact in a previous attack it had been treated as such.
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