THE MILE-STONE OF CRADUATION*

The day of graduation is undoubtedly one of the highest points in the life of doctors and nurses. It certainly is a day on which tht young graduates, elated by the many congratulations they receive, are aHowed to Jook back with satisfaction on the years which lie behind them. However. at the same time, they must look forward to the years to come; they must immediately gird their loins in order to overcome the difficulties which their new position in the medicaL world will bring.     

CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA A REVIEW OF 200 CASES

Schistosomiasis'' japonica is one of the most important parasitic diseases in China. Ever since its dscovery in this eountry (j) its inCidenee、and extent Of enilemiCity haVe bec0删：e inCreaSlngIy evident With imprOvement Of diagnoStiC methodS and a8 a reSUlt Of inVeStiga- 戗On8 made by VariOU8 W0rkerS. It iS Well knOWn that reglonS watered by the Yan或ze RiVer were rampant w托h this di8ea8e. The vast areas of endemlelty lnclude not only the territories im!mediately traversed by the main stream and its lnnumerable tributarie8 but also districts adjaeent to the mammoth bodies of water such as Great Lake（太湖）,Poyanghu t都防湖），and Tung七inghu（洞庭湖）． Thus Kiangsu（江袜），、Chekiang 【浙江），Anhwei（安徽），Kiangsi（江西），Hupeh（湖北）and Hunan （湖南） are the proVinees of high endemicity. Rampaney of the infeStation dOes nOt, hoWever, COnfine to reglOnS of tbe Central and lOWer YangtZe Valley aS eaSeS Of SChiStOSOmiaSiS have been reCOrded il土the central plains Of Szechuan(四J”) (2—4)and sou¨thwest parC of Chin可ihcluding Kwangsi（魔西）(5)and Yunnan（雷南）（艿。8）．