Effects of hookworm disease on mental development of north Queensland schoolchildren. 1919.

It would have been gratifying had I been able to carry out this method of treatment on a larger number of patients before reporting the results obtained, but the ease with which the operation is borne and the absence of all discomfort following the application of this method prompts me to report it at this time. Among other advantages of this method, I might add : There is no collapse of the lungs, and therefore no loss of function. This is of great importance, especially in an associated pneumonia of the opposite side. There is no deformity of the chest or spinal curvature as generally follows a radical rib resection. There are no