The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22
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,',s Ma,,a 1.s az an .n'"'s.,'.. "se,s1 n,,"a
fever tae 'tt,s,s tssasv upon the %s.a"',n ,"a
son and Street, As st,a. tsa'oF., Dr.. Ha',. lt,'.
tne Hs.I testimony of the Close ,Aas stud, =
maa,.r,,sS maa,na Commission, aessa, sssIs Of VI
%osoa,,"s. moscow fsve, can be trass%, aanSs ,A,
uo,1s,oa lSsiau,'oes." As we uods,l.ed uondss~Itted sy
iss ue',,on' mosquito taas saaass','stssaaA, ',s.
ye'1ow system emit the blood Of D.,ss takes int
sfaM h.a,hs bs'e, may carry the evsisa a,.,, with
the Record" 'i''o% asserts e9s,,nced INV, Of tho
.c,. .as Question ss i. reduced 1s me :. '1o'p,
n oan IN. yellow fever s,'u be- n,s' % this:
10 m,,an any , other ways", ~ E1nsI,.s 1pr.pas'ssa
n.s., %"'ss have a. been conducted edIips,sans is,s.a
saswc1 sa TO this question h... toward an
invss,ia"'s, uesn thorough, The commi.s" rrs sstyet
"a 'ares''sation YES .',i have a Ia's'.a ye1'ox of
ous ou%'' with ,h mosquito house esss so,' 's'sF
anS paIeu sna, and sa0lec.o' test are 'tss s,,. az
accepted ", a as contagious, such llvs%"n' as non,
my on infected bedding. w W" as Sleep,
.o% nas 4,I"a the Record that th. ,re,'. s.,.s'
,hs, 'hs 'a'ed , to yclqw svs" s"'@'a' s's
u"aa u"as the cases so exposed were '' ao, Aaa ,a'
"aune /, was nf'erward proved hv' !, 'n'
s'' s'ac'lnv the fever from in",n,.' mr. " Co..
=. germs one part of wl,o,e "",o4 ~!
quito. WV cu'esAA
,ex,s Hs Ia, a,', a' o"uductrd the m,son,,,
'es'S' which have made couvss,' 's'''a
many many and impressed all va'''SN VII" s,s'
ao.ea !. Them cleseIy, are va uabI, s T';' T"1s
's ;, ''ue u, II no more is accomplished ,1.a a"a
" ~. u'sprove the idea of coutagon ',"m sn"a
), injected" ,, bedding and clo,nin. i'm '''s ~
y " IS shown that the fever Gamma, !.
% :, conveyed, it will rid the coun,,s a,s "e y,
'ne me demented M quarantine term, y, W
east Then there would be b'' no ba,', :.
,aoes and shut outs of commerce ,''S ''S
nails For the past several ,.s'. .".
have been as much d,s.d' %
"a " as the fever itself. Apart from
'ne cost and trade destruction th.Is n
nluence has been EXTREMITY con,uslno @
IND demoralizing upon the medic,,
PROFESSION ! y, Under the rule Of Board,
u Health and the shotgun, old land
Marks OF supposed land marks, Of Tho
'lseasc have been swept away. And
ct they had been set up by doctor,
'ho had probably studied the cues.
ion more devotedly and understand
more thoroughly, than many Of our
uarautine experts.
Prior to 1878 there were Two rulos
lid down by yellow fever authorities.
'h'ch passed quite unQuestoned,
MS was, first, that a non.mmupe
light visit a town or city where yel.
w FEVER was raging in mid day with
Imperative safety. 1t was a com.
ION custom for men to 20 in the city
nd transact business and return to
leir families in the country with a
eling OF security. Second, it was
I'D that while yellow fever might,
hen, contracted in the city, be had n
'e country, it would not spread 10 p
|jacent platations. 1t may be re.
arked that both of these conclusions
c favorable to the mosquito theory
yellow fever communication.
The article in the Mississippi Medi.
! Record Is thus concluded: I'VE
lst that this commission will be
ntinued by the Surgeon General Of
9 Army and that it will finally be
le to demonstrate to the entire
tisfactiOn OF every sanitarian, and
the people that yellow fever can
ly be conveyed by the culex fasci'
u.s."
Certainly the investigations and
is OF the mosquito commission
)uld be continued as long as there IS
part OF the field unexplOred. But
discovery that culex fasciatus Is
, Of the means OF conveyance lSa
liable find in itself alone. And
re Is no reason whatever why they
'uld not be charged with all or the
'chief, except the first case, Like
FIRST drink OF the spree, to prevent
Is the problem.