New-York tribune., 1900-05-13

THE ROMAN cAMPAGSA.
From The London Express
The first step was to find the deadiest place uu
the globe. That proved TO be the Roman Can
paSna. where no man can stay on a surnre,
night ithOut contracting malaria Then from
the London School OF Tropical Medicine. recently
established by the Colonial Office, two volunteers
were chosen for the missiOn-Dr. Sarnbon an5
DR.. Lowe And the final step 10 build a
mosquito proof house which the men could tab,
with them. and IN which they viii stay in Ii.
hours when the malaria bearing mosquitoes
about
If the two men manage to live and keep their
health where no one else has succeeded in doing
so, and Yet have no advantage over the 0ther
except protection against mosquitoes then the
case against the mosquito viii be considered
complete and the Government VIII set about
1~rSecutInS the pest wherever he exists in tss
colonies, and viii give all possible assistance "a
other countries to do the same. the ex-
pectation THAI maLarial fever VIII wiped out
and some millions OF human lives saved every
year
Wien questioned concerning the Campagna
DIR. Manson said: 1t is a stretch of low country
some seven miles from Rome and known TO al
experts on the subject OF disease as the dead
Iest spot in the world 1t consists Of a rolling
waste of barren soil. dotted with occasi0nA-
patches of stubble and with pools Of stagnant
water that comes from the mountains and vol
canic hills round about Here mosquitoes bOuni
ITO compare the mortality of the Campagns
With that of other unhealthy places in the word
IS difficult, because it is practically Ininhai-
tied In the hills live poor race OF folk Who
raise cattle, and these men come down 10 ths
CampaSna in the spring and plant cps. I'll
when they return in the fall TO reap their har-
vest, not rich one that they contract the nar
laria that kills them off in shoals on the Cam
paSna itself. too, a few poor wretches live or
live as long as the country lets them-every
OF them with swollen skins, buging eyes and
enlarged Ivers. every one wasting away with
disease They exist in miserable huts built Of
mud and thatched with grass
DR.. L. W. SambOn was found AT the Natural
History Museum. in South Keusi ington. sur
rounded by wonderful array or botanical speci-
mems, with which ne was working -
My companion and I feel just like gIines
pigs. he said You know going over
there simply to be experimental on: We shall
not be allowed to take any Quinine Other
precautiOn against iIneSs-Only against moscu-
toes We TO mix freely with The people IN
the CampaSna. and practically all 1t them have
malaria. They are trying to reclaim some OK
the less infected parts of the plain. and these
people are the labOreTS- They uJt Italians
Italians refuse to go there-buu PEASANTS from
Normandy and the South of France. who c0rs
there great, strong, lastly fellows. but last Oay
little while, dying, OF becoming weak Win
disease that they have 20 go home And thes
never get We'll That's the worst Of malaria i
comes on slowly, clinSs TO man, and, when !
finally goes. leaves him open 10 all sorts o.
diseases In Italy two million suffer from !
every year OF these fifteen thousand die, ald
this is an enormous number. considering tsat
we have specific trea trlent for this fegeT-t-i9
for every thousand attacked"