The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
Medical Notes.


Those who are interested In the ma
larial mosquito can Identify him when he
lights on the wall by the fact that he
sticks his tail out from the wall; his
nose Is very large and quite long, and
on the wings there are four or more spots
roughly arranged like the capital letter
The harmless mosquito (culex pi-
piens) when he lights on the wall rea
mains parallel to it, or, if anything, his
tail goes nearer the WALL his nose is not
so large, nor as long, and he has no
spots on his wing. The larvae of the ma
laria-bearing mosquito floats fiat on the
water, but the larya of the non-maiariaI
mosquito floats head downward The ma.
larial mosquito is puddle mosquito: the
non-malarial mosquito is a pot mosquito.
The ordinary mosquito lays it's eggs in
pot, barrels or buckets of water any
where around the house or yard. The ma
larial mosquito seeks the edge of a pud-'
die or little pool of water more apt to
be in the country than in the city, at a
point where they will not wash out
They also show an interesting instinct of
self preservation as they seek pools not
infected with fish. since the larvae are
food for fishes. Ordinarily the mature
malaria bearing mosquito does not fly
very high and this suggests the adYan-
tage Of sleeping in upper rooms as
protection against incubation by their
bites. 1t gets its work in most frequent
ly and severely late in the evening or
early in the night and does not seem
to do much in the daytime. For this
reason 1t Is well,4to avoid night expo
sure. DR.. Marvin, who has studied the
subject extensively, believes that If il is
not possible to destroy the moquito much
may be done to destroy the larvae. He
suggests that 1T is plain common sense
to drain all Stagnant pools and ponds.
If this cannot be done they may be
flushed or stocked with fish. On more
! limited scale kerosene may be used in
small pools and puddles. For protection
Of the house against the mature mos
quito screens i'll the windows and
| doors are effective. Small as the mos
quito is it IS attracting great attention
amongst scientists and Instructions have
been prepared and published for dissect-
ing mosquitoes.
1t is a mistake, says the Medical Brief
to defy a bodily need. Mental work, per-
formed while the muscles are teasing and
twitching in vain longing for use, is not
mans best, because mental concentra-
ton is imperfect while a part of the body
is in rebellion. 1t would pay that man
in the quality of his work, and the ia
cility with which he does it, to go out and
take short walk to relieve muscular irri-
liability and insistence. The same thing
Is true of other bodily necessities. Re
| fused satisfaction, they continue to in
trude upon consciousness with more or
less acuteneSs, disturbing the power of
concentration and causing friction. And.
although habitual neglect finally dulls
consciousness, there is always a dim sense
of wrong. At length instinct and normal
function become so perverted by neglect
and caprice, they no longer suffice to
keep the body in health, and the brain
must stop other work to devise artificial
means and eXpedients to take the place of
natural law in the body. Then we have
a state of semi-invalidsm, and the work
of regeneration and return to health is so
tedious and painful, comparativ few
regain the straight and narrow path of
compliance with natures rulings If
| people respected the body and obeyed its
laws, and knew the inevitable penalties
which follow disobedience, chronic disease
| would be less common. Habit becomes
! law to the body to a very great extent,
| and bad habits pervert the action of ben
eficial physical laws 1t is impossible to
! keep the organs trued up to normal
standards of function If we pefsstentIy
| ignore tEer pFOmptinBS ana turn our
! backs on their necessities. The man or
woman who would have healthy, regular,
painless organs must earn their gratitude
by recognizing their just claims and con-
ceding them fair treatment. Delicate ap-
petites. desires and instincts can be made
more robust and harder by intelligent
! cultivation.
DR.. Anderson. speaking of rest and sleep.
eays that it is scientific fact that ONO
third of our time should be spent In sleep;
quiet restful. natural, refreshing sleep.
Many men, however, especially literary
men, writer's preachers, lawyers and doc
! tors, all more or less. starve the brain in
cessantly in this matter, until they bring
on partial and sometimes an incurable
! insomnia An irritable man. cross. pet
fish. peevish disagreeable and easy to
'.fy off the handle" and get mad as a