Histoplasmosis Contracted in Britain

An increasing interest in mycotic diseases has been clearly evident in Britain during the past five years. A change of emphasis is occurring towards investigative studies of the kind which have long been established in the study of bacterial infections. The taxonomy of the pathogenic fungi is now sufficiently well adapted for accurate comparative studies, and pathologists are there- fore no longer discouraged by a subject confused by synonymy. Critical laboratory op nion is now forthcoming for the support of clinicians in their widening appreciation of the diseases due to fungi.