The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-04
PROGRESS OF hid
ICAl SCIENCE
Extract from Address Of Dr.. c. w.
Simpsoa al hckianey.

President of the North Texas Medi-
cal Association, delivered before
that body at Mckinney, q few weeks
ago will be of interest not only to
the medical profession, but to the
laIty as we'll. DR.. Simpson is pres
ident of the Association. In part be
said:
In 1898 the L. s. government told
Spain she could no longer hold In
subjugation the liberty loving peo-
pie OF the Island of Cuba. After
our victorious army and navy had
firmly planted the Stars and Stripes
on the beautiful island, we cast
about to see what we could do to-
ward diminishing the sickness and
death with which her people were
afflicted. For this purpose our gov
eminent sent another army there.
Not with waving banners and
strains of martial music, but a
small detachment of q silent corps.
This body was a detachment from
the United States Public Health and
Marine Hofpitai Service than whom
| do not believe there is "a more
intelligent body of medical men
on earth; or body OF men doing
higher grade OF work than these
same surgeons.
These physicians went immedi-
atelv TO work TO clear Havana and
other parts Of the island OF the ac-
cumulated filth OF years thereby
making it freer of all classes Of dis
| ease.
Yellow fever had been the scourge
| OF the place II was this disease
that bad made the island practically
uninhabitable for the Caucasian
race. Hence, it claimed a large
share of their attention.
They soon reported that they be-
| Iieved that the mesquite was iassra-
mental In the transmission 81 the
yellow fever. Following this report
soon came another stating that they
believed the mos quito TO he the sols
transmitter Of this disease. WorK-
ing upon this theory and progress
| ing with their vestigatl0u they
| found that not nearly ali tine mos
/ quitoes swarming over the island
were yellow fever carriers. that
| most OF them, so far as carrying
1 the fever was concerned, were as
I harmless as doves and that only one
/ particular kind or variety of this
/ insect was 90 be rsckoned with.
has been named aud pardon me for
calling his name here Stegomia fas-
ciata. They learned that this vari-
ETY. was essentially a house mosqui-
to, that II could not hy In the wind
/ that IL never travelled more than
two or three blocks FROM its breed
| ing place. that II took fresh stand
ing water to grow the wiggle-tail
from which ii is developed. that II
would live in captivity about $50
days, that the burning OF one pound
OF sulphur to every 900 cubic feet
Of space in a reasonably tight room
and letting II remain closed for eight
/ or ten hours would destroy the
pest. They also found ID possible,
with practically no aid from the
people among whom they were
working, To destroy the breeding
places Of this mosquito aud thereby
it's existence Ia anv particular city.
Prosecuting their studies ssill fur
ther they found that the StegomlAfas
| fasciata must bite patient suffer
| ing with yellow fever the flEst four
or ave days ~ the disease with that
patient, that il took twelve or fifteen
days for the poison to develop n
the mosquito, and after that re-
manned infectious 80 long as IL
/ lived. Aud after the infection of a
human by this infectious mosquito
that the disease was three 60 five
days 5u developing. In other words
the mosQuito must bite Gbe yellow
fever patient ia tbs hfst iew days ~
Wis sickness, afterthis the mosquito
is harmless Tor about thirteen days
wbsn its blta becomes poisonous
and remains w the rest af lts life
Aut after thls effected mosquito
hitss aou Immune .t takes abaut
tbFee or Give days Ter tte aeeeles.
msut af tae fires ssnwoms Sc fae
disease.
/ 81 sos thla beautiful theory
( WeHld Y8a rensnre an ela rfaelie-
gieueF 80 medicine fef aot accepting
{ lt. siren BE- mad been handling the
/ disease fer years and thouRht to
nuuw ali aheBt a. But upon tass
theory T. :. r. ii. aud "A H.. =.
surgeons ssg sBoat t. tight the
I seourwe. They were encouraged
substantially aaa materially aiaed,
By shRt young. brilliant, heFnis. ana
deserving military Governor. Gan.
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