The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-07-16
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Monday July 18th.
The Dreaded Mosquito

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l feel just little timid in attempt
ing to give some salient points to the
general public as regards sanitation
as this duty belong to other members
with authority to act and let health
reign supreme in our homes. But af-
ter several months of pleading with
out sound of the gavel to announce
that something was being done, |
write this In the right spirit and
proper views of the equity of situation
and with the assistance OF medical Of
ficers and the advocates OF sanitation,
clean streets, ETC., we can rid Green
Vile of the billions OF anopheles
mosquitoes, which is positive
source of malarial infection, and that
spreads terror and CONSERVATION before
them and leaves weeping, desolation
and sorrow in their wake. Considering
the danger to health where these pests
! are present, not to mention the bodily
discomfort, is enough to call out
forces to exterminate them.
During the summer months of 1862
Drs. lowell Mcclure and Hunter
were encamped along the Mississippi
river between Helena, AK, and
Vicksburg, which is perhaps tie
worst malarious locality in the state.
Their belief was that the essence
these various and chemically dissim-
liar morbid phenomena was conceived
to be an emanition from certain soils,
especially those rich in vegetable
matter, undergoing the natural pro-
cess of decomposition under the CON-
bined Influence of heat and moisture.
1t is certain that many of our medi
cal officers still adhere to this old an
tiquated theory, and are earnest in
their efforts to preserve the natural
integrity of the city which is SO full
of this malarial factor, rather than
drain and improve one which is mani
testify insalubrious. The health and
happiness IN our larger cities is due
to the advancement of sanitary
and by the siren song the fair
goddess, Hygiene, was charmed away
from the heavens of mythology to
cleanse, purify and bless them with
scrub and broom.
The question is, how can we exter-
innate this pest? 1t is easily an
Iwered: By draining the marshes,
which will certainly destroy this
pecies, and where it is impossible to
Train, you can spray Kerosene upon
he breeding places, which infallibly
destroys the larvae Of the female
Shen site depbsits her eggs. The in
iEniicaht Mrs. Anopheles, the Rob
Roy Of the delta, terminates at the
edge roots and grass at the waters
,dge Of cesspools and alley drains, re-
Yels on the banks of the Father of
Waters, and like thief in the night,
creeping in our homes while we sleep
n fancied security she inserts her hol-
ow proboscis into our anatomy and
through that tube introduces a yellow
luid which carries into the circula-
ion millions of needle-shaped micro
organism, which produces the major
,ah of our sickness.
A word from my pen, Reinforced |
~ the Sunshine Society, may let fall
rom her realms Of purity in the sky
. single ray that EAay signalize, bless
md crown the twentieth century with
he science Of health and the triumphs
# hygiene in battling against the
.Avages that are covered with the fall
# man, and co-existed with the trend
md tide of the human race.
pray that these few remarks will
70 received in the same spirit as
Iiven, and we will reap some reward
On our labor, for only by agitation 1