New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-22
TIE MARCH or MALARIA.
From The Boston HernLd.


The recent reports of commissions and scientific
bodies Ike the Beard OF Health, giving the results
OF careful and extended Investigations, notably tne
vapeIs of DR.. Chamberlain, OF Hartford, ana d.
Adams, of PIttsield, though marked by the haDit-
ual caution in generalization and inference whlch
characterZes tie scientific mimi, make 1t pam TO
common sense that the fever in its several special
types. whether dumb or shaking, whatever may be
| its pathology, or nature or origin, IL que az an
existing evil here to decomposition or eXhalhtlOn
and all the morbifc and mulehc Influences en9en-
| dered about marshy or W0t regions aud impure
water beds The best autOrl,e are not sure, OF
agreed on the question whether the disease Is IN
d genOus or imported, the question why IL Is
brought INTO activity at one time rather than
another. They generally concur IN the opinion, on
both 4des of the Atlantic, that 1t terminates or
sprouts in the human body from very minute
spores measuring, PERHAPS, 5000 to an incl BUT
how these seeds are transporter aoout or nO eo
conditions of rcceptiyity and suscepuOlllty are
under which they are developed, nobody can yet
toll There is evidence that sporadic cases occur IN
dry upland regions, but the disorder loves narsnes
cliugs TO artificial lakes ponds, riots 10y the
banks OF sunk streams, and works It's burning and
sDiverng damage most Indignantly where tiie
normal mutual relations between SOIL, vegetable
matter and stagnant or moving water have Deel
unsettled. Mention ID made OF some compact rural
populations near foul mill ponds, where Lilf the
inhabitants have been down at once. Speculation
~ IT, causes rs might Ue expected, has been busy
What causes OF malaria exist now which were non
existent or in allowance SO long pilor 10 tns laIe
day /. NDt only Is science shy OF hasty concusious
but pre- perty, too has Its sof-prcserVng Instincts
aud the mill-Owners ana manufacturers are not I'M
WILING 10 nave part NJ ltdSl Vi lHo tul'c VSV o
other shoulders than their own. What then are
the new conditions m
Railroads and tobacco culture are two, The
railways are apt to open the surface or low
ground, and ii there were enough 81 them III might
happen thai an unwhOlesOme gas escaping would
affect the w0rkmen as it il said the upturnlng OF
acres OF old sod building lots Affects the health
of the people in the upper part OF the island OF
New York. But there bre altogether TOO many
railways where there are no chlls. and 100 many
chlliS where there are no railways, To allow much
pauslbllity to tbs theory. Ii 1allS twice over.
Mich of the same may be said OF the tobacco
fields. The idea that the sickness comes OF Ter
tlZtrS used for tobacco raising has even less sup
port for that nuisance is OF but n very brief an
nual continuance, and IS tar from being confer
mIuous With tho maady. so Tar as tie great forces
of nature are concerned, not much can be done IN
the way OF remedy. H. rs I'll re Is some reason 10
think there is a constant shrnkage going OIL in
rivcrs, fountains, bToOAS and lakes, VITA dlinln-
ishcd rain tall throughout this part of the country,
all we can DO ab0ui that Is to employ every per-
sOnal effort tn remove ueOOrZe the stencil breed
ing and fever breeding matter along the banks,
and to increase forests by planting or pTotec-
ton. as many thoughtful land owners are now
dong and the late forestry convention III Mont
real leads us 70 hope NAV be done mere AID more
There are thousands of citizens who, with only
moderate outlay, stanch on their own premises
at least, the offensive sources OF pain and death
for though not regar led ordinarily fatal, fever
alh agus sometimes takes congestlVe form, or
otherwise ovcrmasters the vital power, in spite of
the best Treatment and the patient dies. we'll
ers in had climates study the laws OF sanitary
salety and heed them. Out-Of-dOor night air can,
to gIeat extent, be avoided. Fires can be built
eve.ing aud morning. The human system can be
kept free vigorous and projected By right living.
Temperance and hannels Some Psychologists
think a fine wire ganze at cpen windows may Keep
out the spores. line of thick trees with under
brash has been supposed to arrest them. There is
plenty of proof that good drainage countcracts this
as il does other kinds of sickness