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Filariasis and Its Relation to Other Tropical Lymphopathies¹

It is not my purpose on this occasion to deal with filariasis in itself, but mainly with its relation to other lymphatic conditions in tropical countries. There exists, in fact, a close connection, from a pathogenic viewpoint, between the various lymphopathies of warm countries, and it is my deliberate opinion that this has not been given due consideration.

In 1916, I published a work devoted to the peculiar action that the climatic factor performs upon the people living in said countries, and discussed therein other writers' views on the subject (1). I find however, that despite such contributions, certain erroneous concepts are still prevalent among physicians in and out of the tropics, and it is for that reason that I presently wish to insist upon some fundamental ideas on the matter.

It is not my desire now to treat such an important subject fully, since I have done so in the work already mentioned, but simply to confine myself exclusively to two of the different lymphopathic processes I have referred to.

¹ Read by title at the seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine held at Hot Springs, Arkansas, November 14, 1921.