The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-06

the South of France. who come there
great, strong, lusty fellows, but last only
a little while, dying or becoming 50 weak
from disease that they have to go home
And they never get wen. That's the worst
of malaria; it comes on slowly, clings
to a man, and, when 1t finally goes, leaves
him open to all sorts Of diseases. In
Italy 100000 suffer from it every year
Or these $1,000 die, and this is an enor-
nous number, considering that we have a
specific treatment for this fever-7.75 for
every LOCO attacked.
THEIR PORTABLE HOUSE.
|. s'Itlis in the center of thes delectable
locality that I've described" the doctor
/ continued, that we shall settle down in
the portable, moSquito-proof house that is
now being made after a plan furnished
by the government by firm of iron
workers. 1t is of wood, with a roof that
oVerhangs about three feet, to protect the
windows from the suns rays, the floors
covered with an inodorous felting, and
the windows, doors, chimneys, ventilators
and all other openings protected with
mosquito netting made of wonderfully
thin wire The doors can be shut twice
as quickly as an ordinary door. The house
has two bedrooms, a sitting ROOM a
Kitchen and a lavatory. 1t will be kept
in order by two Italian servants that we
nave recruited from the neighborhood We
shall get out water from the wells near
by boiling it to avoid dysentery-water
never conveys malaria
DR.. Sambon says that although the
mosquito nominally appears particularly
industrious, he doesn't by any means
work all the time. He is a denizen of
the night, starting about his affairs at
sunset and turning in regularly when the
more active part of mankind is getting
get malaria by sleeping, without having
taken precautions against this insect
when he is on the warpath and seeking
whom ne may probe.
OFF DUTY DAYTIMEs.
So the doctors will quit their house only
when their enemy Is off duty-in the day
tiTne-and then they will wear gloves.
They propose to go into Rome frequently
"a railway passes through the Campagna
to work in the laboratories there, taking
care, however, not to venture out until
full hour after sunrise when the mos
quito goes to roost, or to stay out later
than an hour before sunset, lest some
of the foe should be stirring early. 1t is
thought there is no danger of their being
stung by some bibHlous mosquito, stag
gertng home from ttielclub toward noon.
When he has no business to be abroad,
but their house will be fumigated every
night thoroughly and the doctors will
sleep under mosquito netting to make
dolSbly sure.
we shall visit the people in the Cam
pagna,' Dr. Sambon said, "and not only
treat but study them In fact, they are
part of our plan. We shall be in direct
contrast to them, we taking all precau-
tons against mosquitoes they none. They
are fuil of malaria; If we escape it there
is another point gained Then we shall
study the life history OF the mosquito
hlmself, about which far too little is
| known.
| And this is not the only string of our
| bow of experiment." he went on. Even
should we come out in health after six
| months in that wretched place. some peo-
pie might say that we had shut out
some other cause OF malaria in guardin :
| against the mosquito. So we Will make
another test You understand, Of cours :,
/ that not every mosquito carries malaria,
that mosquito, to be dangerous in this