The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-21

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Now. the pathoiogists. to whom moth
Ing IL too small for examination. have
been looking at the blood OF the mos
quito under their instruments. and dnd
In his veins a precisely similar mlcrobe
as IL found In the blood OF the unfor-
tunate sufferer with ague, and. they
confidently assert that whenever n man
In a district infested with MOSQUITOES
is bitten by mosquitoes his blood IL
likely 70 be poisoned by having pumped
into II the microbe which inhablts the
veins OF the insect In question.
All this In highly interesting. but
more follows. IL seems that not all
mosquitoes are malarious any more
than all men. even though living In dis
tricts where the diseases called maia-
rial prevail. The particular kind of
mosquito blamed with carrying the
poison Is dappie-winged fellow
Anopehele Clavigir Is his scientific
name. but whether the knodledge of his
name would help one TO avoid him and
the results Of his bite Il doubtful.
The Anopheles Is called n town mos
quito BY some scientists. as he Is found
mostly about towns and hamlets.
breeding In cisterns. puddles. etc. pre-
ferring artificial collections OF water TO
running streams. The rain barrel is n
choice dwelling or incubating place for
him. 10 Is a comfort TO know that when
he IL where FISH can get at him in the
larval state he Il quickly eaten. and so
gotten rid Of. but as FISH are supposed
not 90 be the subjects of chills and
fever Il II probable they escape the dis
ease.
THE OLD IDEA.
The old idea that malaria came from
damp soil. undrained ponds and such
places had It's origin in the belief that
the malaria arose from the soil and
was breathed into the lungs. thus poi
soning the patient. or. as some be-
iieved. was swallowed In the drinking
water. But no one dreamed that the
cheerful mosquito. singing a lullaby In
the ear Of the drowsy man. was quietly
pumping into his blood-current n subtle
poison which. In n few days. would de-
velop into n raging fever. yet this Is
what IL asserted OF him. We see that
we owe 10 the scientists the knowl-
edge Of why drainage cured certain
locations Of fever and ague. inasmuch
as the mosquito can no longer live IN
such localities.
Possibly II may be too much TO say
that malaria cannot be propagated In
any other way than by mosquitoes, fol
while II seems 10 be proven that the
, original malarial germ finds Its nor.
NAL place OF development in the blood
Of that insect. just as the trichins
spiralis finds n convenient host in tn,
{ pig. u may be possible that these ma
: larial germs. getting out of the mos
J quito into the water. might again b.
taken into the mans blood in that way
. Fine work might be done in this way
: as. for instance. a man affected will
d malaria might go into a district fire.
from that poison. and might be bitter
. by mosquitoes and the blood OF thes
a insects thus infected. Now. these egaii
= might bite n man free from the disease
I pump the poison into him, and so AZ
= infnitum.
OF course. II may happen also tina
u a man having malaria In his system
= might have this poison developed in
n country entirely exempt before. II
need not In such case depend on
e fresh poisoning.
j. ~ IL pretty well understood that oni
T. the female mosquito bites or stingi
q Just how the males live. orNwhether the
: have malaria. but are powerless {
a make the mischief that the female
n make. Is not known. They may shak
y with chills and burn with fever Will
= the ladies are engaged In the interest
~ Ing occupation OF bleeding mankini
r but as yet the Psychologists are siler
'r about this. IL II. however. well estai
ilshcd THAT birds have n form OF mals
ria. and possibly the other lower an
mails.
We have at least three varieties
mosquito In this country. No one W
~ be interested In their scientific name
but u Is In order to say that the fema
mosquito does not bite until she
at about six days old. at which time 81
Is Is supposed to be an adult.
lie ONE PREVENTIVE REMEDY.
w. Prevention being better than cure.
-. readers will be interested TO know tn
there u az least one remedy which wi
II taken. be exhaled through the SIX
nd and be a source Of such offense to Z
NJ mosquito as TO drive her from the p
ne tient. sulphur taken internally VIII
We this. and sulphuretted man is Il
n mune. n II said that In some regio
on Of sicily. where there are sulph
NY mines. only the Jnen who work In
an mines are exempt from malaria.
FER others having a very pernicious type
ny malariai fever.
70, Quinine polsons the microbe. and
rm this drug Is used as an anti-period
OF other drugs are efficient. but for inf
art nation the reader IL referred TO
nd medical adviser. One other point Is
use interest. and that Is very SIN
'ur amount Of permanganate Of potash d
'se solved In a puddle viii KIN all mosqu
germs and at the same time not be q
- tinctly Injurious 10 the water. IL q
or cares TO try II and rub the body OF
on. with the Juice OF the common gar
Ne. this viii drive away every mosqu
ese and guarantee a quiet nights sie'
IN. but probably the person thus perfun
nd would find difficult In getting n bed
low