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killed more people on by malaria
every year than cholera or bubonic
plague or any of the other scourges,
except consumption. The theory has
been, proven to the satisfaction of
most men of science: but the govern
ment wanted to make the proof so
thorough and popular that every one
could be sure of 1t and make use of it.
Hence this final demonstration.
The first step was to find the dead
Hest inhabited place on the globe.
That proved to be the Roman Cam
pagna, where no man can stay On a
summer night without contractig ma
laria. Then, from the London School
Of Tropical Medicine, recently estab-
lished by the colonial once. two vol
unteers were chosen for the mission
Dr. Sambon and DR.. Lowe. And
the final step was to build q mosquito
proof house, which the men could take
with them, and in which they will stay
in the hours when the Misunderstanding
mosquitoes are about. II the men can
manage to live and keep their health,
the case against the mosquito will be
considered complete and the govern
nent will set about prosecuting the
pest throughout British dominion.
The Campagna is a stretch Of low
country some seven miles from Rome,
and known TO all experts on the sub
Jet Of disease as the deadliest spot In
the world. It consists Of rolling
waste of barren soil, dotted with oc-
casional patches Of stubbbie and with
pools of stagnant water that comes
from the mountains and volcanic hills
round about. Here mosquitoes abound.
To compare the mortality Of the Cam
pagna with that OF other unhealthy
places in the world Is dificult, because
# is practically uninhabited- In the
hills live a poor race Of folk who
raise cattle, and these men come down
to the Campagna In the spring and
plant crops. II Is when they return
in the fall to reap their harvest, not
rich one, that they contract the ma
laria that kills them OF in shoals 4
The two doctors who are to be ex-
perimented upon win not be allowed
10 take quinine or other precautions
against illness-only against mos
Quitoes. They win mix freely with
the people in the Campagna,practicalIy
al Of whom have malaria fever. In
Italy 1000 900 suffer from the disease
every year, and OF these 1900 die
In the center Of this delectable local
ity the two volunteers ssin settle
down.
1t is realized that even though the
men come out in health after six
months in the wretched place some
people win SAP that they shut out
some other cause Of malaria In guard
ing against the mosquito. 20 they
viii make another test. They VIII
get some mosquitoes eggs and raise
Insects from them. When they are
fully grown, 50 OF 20 Of them WI Be
allowed to bite q malaria patient
one suffering from only mild form
q the dissasG Then these insects
VIII be fed on vegetable matter until
the germ has been nurtured In their
bodies. and they win be sent By mail
% England. There - no malaria
there. The mosquitoes win arrive
hungry, ana win be set Tree IN . room
whore there wI1l be slesping several
Students Hho have never bean out o.
EnEland- II those Students actually
shov symptoms of the disease. the ar
ssnent Win be proved beyond . cub
Die. The HIGHT form o. fever that thsy
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