Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-21

English GoNernmcnt Considering the
Feasibility of such an Institute

From the Baltimore sun.
The English government mas under con-
sideration a school of tropical medicine
IN which our people. since the grabbing II
cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines. have
a practical interest In the establishment
OF the "school' it is proposed to spend for
buildings, plant. etc, an initial sum OF
$4,000, some $1,000 of which viii be con-
trihuted by the colonial Office the annual
cost Of maintenance being estimated at
Ht","o. Al the new school, civilians VINO
are graduates Of existing medical schools
VIII toe instructed. first. in the practical
treatment Of tropical diseases ana. next.
Wll be trained ia original Investigations AIS
10 the origin OF tropical diseases with ID
view 10 developing improved methods of
prevention ana cure. Both ~ JcCt- az. very
ueSiidote II l. ludiSputdblg that ph5 Sic
cams ana surgeons going To- pract.c, In hot
climates shOIId make a special study 81
tropical diseases in view UI TN. fact rf.4f
the ordinary courses of -tuGy-drviS-I for
temperate Gina tc>-uflpII inadetiJM IL. pf,.l-
afailon and promise no PROGRESS III method
OF treatment.
Medical science has recently assumed an
aggressive attitude toward the problem sf
tropical disease A number of L.rplr-5
German and Austrian baCtcriologfsts and
physicians have resided iu India and Arr
ca Tor the express purpose of study uE
chpleFS. DubOnlC plague, riuiprpvSI and ms
larIal diseases. PreNpntiNes or remedies
analogous TO those devised for the traat-
ment Of smallpox, anthrax. diphthrria. etc.
Will, 1T is be believed. be ultimately found
Tor the maIadies which render large part
of the earth virtually iuhabiIahIe rur Fu-
ropedns. Larg' attention has similarly been
given by American and Spanish students 10
the genesis of yellow fever in tho hope ni
depilNing That pest also Of its tyrrrrS. To "a
certain extent success has already been at
tdlned. Rndergcst has been brought under
control, with important results for the cat
e interests of South Africa. Cholera ana
the plague hav, each been confronted with
virus incubation with which is said 40
afford protection and hasten recovery. Ii
ems to be definitely dscertalucd that The
bite Of the mosquito implanIs in its VIC
tlm system the poison that causes ma
laridl dsetS- Much, however. remains 10
be learned in regard to tropical malaria.
yellow fee. and the other Diseases at t,i
climates.
Physicians nowadays in view IF th.fr
many victories over feycrS of various kinds.
are no longer content 10 accept tropical
pests a. gifts OF Providence. 10 Doe rp,-rl ..-,i
metky along with Tho weather as 5ne,.-
table results If the latitude They look for
ward 10 time when vast REGIONS of So.
Si"b" now desert. Of inhabited only 10y .u-
lrilof races. VIII AFFORD sale homes for ine
peop.e Of temperate climates. Malart4l
levers az present render uutrnablp wide
areas 81 fcr;il, soil. An yffrt .ig. urpapnt-
I've, experimenting 4utuiu,, VII opvu Go set
uenent extensive regions ian Central and
South America. cuba. Africa. southern
Italy. the EuphrdteS valley, India. tho EIsi
Indies, New Guinea. TonkiEE. etc. Ti, proc
ductve capacity of the plDh, would le
doubled by medical discovery that dealt
successfully with miaSmatiC fvN,ls alone.
The proposed school of tropical medicine"
Is TO be welcomed. therefore As a first step
of concerted movement Tor the solution
Of the most important medical problem ~
our day Germany and the United States.
which aim to rival English enterprise iu
industry and foreign commerce. ANA have
recently acquired tropical possessions may