The combined meladenine and antimalarials evoked repigmentation in 50 out of 55 cases and failed in 5. The results could be summarised in the following:

A brief review of the tuberculosis of the skin with regard to classification, pathogenesis and bacteriology is made. A statistical analysis of the hospital records for 8 years comprising of 336 cases is made and various aspects discussed. It is shown that although skin tuberculosis is rare in the tropics, it forms a fairly a good proportion of the non-pulmonary tuberculous affections. The need to spot primary foci of tuberculosis which account for the cutaneous lesions is emphasized. It is shown that in the inoculation type of tuberculosis trauma is most often the predisposing factor. The study exemplifies the fact that face is not the common site of affection in lupus vulgaris in the tropics. The poor results of local treatment are completely transformed when intra-lesional injections of INH are given along with the other forms of treatment.

In this article is reviewed the scope of the plastic surgeon in the vast field of dermatology. The ultimate aim is to cure the patient of any skin lesion and it is not important whether a dermatologist trained in the field of surgery does the job or the plastic surgeon handles the case. The different types of conditions and their treatment is described.

Fifteen apparently normal individuals without any skin, nasal or throat infection were the subjects of this study. First three were the post graduate medical students. Staphylococcus albus coagulase-ive was encountered in all the cases. The next common organism was anaerobic diphtheroids found in seven cases. Other organisms found were staphylococcus aureus coagulase + ive in three cases; streptococcus beta hemolyticus, streptococcus viridans, escherichia coli, proteus vulgaris, aerobic spore bearers and candida spy each in one case. In four cases no anaerobes were isolated. The number of anaerobes (whenever found) were less than aerobes in that case.

VD clinic with its attached serbacteriologic laboratory built on a most acceptable type set design would serve: The venereal disease sticken patients who will find in it a haven with a special arrangement for the reception of the sexes separately, the examination will be conducted with utmost privacy and records maintained of the historic details etc. elicited most discretely; the discovered will be given the appropriate cyrative therapy in adequate dosage within the fixed period of time, unmindful of the cost of medicaments; and the contacts will be held under surveillance during and for assessment of permanence of cure; the seasoned social workers will carry out the essential epidemiologic probong with vehicles supplied to them for the purpose and render rehabilitation services whenever necessary independently or through available agencies; and training and research programmes, to combat the genital diseases with a venereal background like NGU or herpes simplex will be promoted.