Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-08-10


veicp in tie camn except a. tn. vai
af tle rlnrrrfers. The expert
nle1fs urre curiwsts,i AZ season
whe. there gss fh~ east chance q
naturally aCruirsn- the diseasa arf
ffs, uoEQuifoss usci acre kept active
tF uainlaiuirE them az sumner
temperature a corrplssely mosquito
urvof brsiiiug was divided into twO
c7tafusEs SCENTS by a wire zrrsVa psrsi-
ften. t7tertesi iusssts Nere Mheratef
ra are slfs r1iv \ brave -.su snnmura
80 r,f anf rruairayi lonx eucuEh 70
Hlrw hlwseit tp te bitten several
tulss fie al. attacked by yeilo~ -
ter uhiie fwo sstsfsrs ih'e uieu tn tha
eEsrr cuEparsmsaf disi rot acquire tha
ttsaiee sithcuEh s.sepirg there thir
ten wfshts FtlT demonstrates tu
frr sturnist ant ulnt certain men
mr. raaf the iafe ticaEn ss q the
eriidIrE was frc og'y so TIE prescnse
- the tuEeff-
Eserv attamps vas made 10 iEsect
indit fusis hv msAns - besidius
riuf1es and ether articles that Aad
ben uati ani sutlesi hy patients sui
ls-in- u'h viruient yellow fever
\ c--~sr-irs Repcrt-
fef hv The mag1uita The harmless
rt ~ frmitca has besn fuIIy deulra
rated D. 1ur experiment in 1888
ant fa-i ,u Wticl ttr,a vuunE Amer
ears rut tnr trentv cons ecrtiv.
nights IN rrss-a fro.1 which r,os.lui
fe-e @ere eye usief earuishei with ar
ttf er aNtls-i With discharges frnn "a
,1I ant nrlsr eases - yeiinN fevar
rHesesi ant un7a-ke.i each r,rrulrr
sf fate ucutmmuweS wh~ ru1err.i
90 erfu-aanre ~ health fr-u th.-~e
s1rfeHres The rer1n was tsrafy
fetf hv f0Hrreeu feet double wars,f
l-htis sealed heated 90 shove ea ds--
srss~ FaAreuhcit anf sfx-t
TEn o-aer rooimurur-s thea crrrl-
p...i t1e ru.fm far sueufe rf-hss. whlfe
a't.tirnai arfi~ier - hef1tu- aas
eHarntu@ wses sfs.-f rhss q ert Ir
fhe E1r=ents ard hsfween the h.-rs
rrar BAT enFere.f rtz~s - ~s1fnu -
rsr eua1a nf uhar1 wsre far1r The
rsait - fs or5 a-teusnf use 1is
fhsrt sfr~ulrr was eAen rrsas ufsh
fsn stsItiuraf ns1ut tUii7aznes. equally
as'srrr usces Not The Irhf ~ tn-
HIsuron f111~s1 cfrss ar.i i-tf
rial "a 1nv csse- Temperature ant
uulse rates SER recurssssf a. regular
auf frequent intervals Fuur q these
uunfHlnaness Eere suhssltlsnfIy y
lufs~fet g. blood sreecsions ant ~
f msens az fufevr.=i mosquitoes
saother kiua - experiment wN<
irciusisd ~ the Cafs&a tuvesrixArtous
q yellow fever room waS rr~-
r7rUt - = 20 prarlEIrse tse possibility
~ frlertinr hV f0us-es finfeeresi srrf
sless Evssy article contained in the
roout h1d been previously djslnf-efad
szd was thoroughly clean The only
. possible r-sa-s cf Infection with yeE
'na- fever was by Infected mosquitoes
liberated N the nom coutaInin= the
hETan subjects of ths. experiment
j si.uS fever promptly followed the
iutrssiuoSion of mosquitoes inrn the
Z room-
What Experiments Proved.
Resiaes the experimental cases
r1ussi h. mosquito bites four ron
immH-es were infected By in jectinE
tiood drawn directly from the veins
/ of yello~ fever patients in the first
/ rWo days cf the disease. thus deman-
{ strafiuS the presence of an Infectious
agent "a the blood At this early periad
F. of the attack
Even the hIood serum ~ a patient
[ pa-sef through a bacteria pruof filter.
vas fouzi t. - capable of casing
{ yellow fever in another rerSor-
The te' ais of the experiments are
nnst Interesting bHf IL must here sr1f
+ Hee n briefly s1m up the principal
{ Conclusions Of this admiFakte hoard
- Investigators of which Reed Uas
E the mssfer mind
4 The specific a-ert in the cauSa
E ti1n = yel'oE fever EXITS in the blrof
uf patient for the rrsr three davs u
his attaek. after whieh time he ceases
20 D. a usenaee To the hsalth II 9th
-rs
\ uasluifo ~ a single species
sse-pnyia faciata. ingcsriug the e oad
~ the r1fierf dursng this iufertfve Pc
E riof IS uuwsrieSs u convey the Disease
tn snnfher p.rsnn hy IL bite ustfl
I 1h1nt twelve days have elapsed but
f rsn IN 81 thereafter for an Indefinite
f ueFipd- uroaahiy during the remainder
~ us lie
The disease eanaos he spread
ln any ofheT way than bv the bit, u
the previously Infected sfesumvia Ar
ti'iss use'i Cr sniIed by PATIENTS do rot
carry Infection
These conclusions pointed 81 clear
81 IN the practical method Cf sxssrEl-
mating the dHsass that they we're a.
f 9rce acreptesi by the sanitary author
if.es IN Cuba and put 70 the test in
Havana. where for nearly 4 century
ami half. by art1al record. the DIS
ease had never failed to appear an
uGslly-
Havana Fres Frou Fever.
In February. 1891. the chief sa.f
sarv ufscer n Havana. Major " {
GcgEas- Medical Department cf the
United States Army. Instituted meas
ures 10 eradicate the disease. based
entirely ON the conclusions Of the CON
mission Gases II yellow fever were
required 70 b. reported as promptly As
pcssible. the patient vas at hrst rigid
Is isolated. and Immediately upon the
report 4 force q men fro-l the rniIi-
t1Fy department visited The house All
ihe rooms Of the building and OF the
nesghhcriRg house, were sealed arS
fumisated 10 fsssFcr the MOSQUITOES
present Window and door scrssns
we're put up. and after the -easn Or
recovery II the patient his room was
flTiS1tsd nnt every mesquite de
sfr1yed \ war ~ exteFminafion vas
also WaEsf aEainsr mosquitoes in gen
sral. Snd an energetic effort Was made
20 diminish the number bred hy drafr-
ins standing wate-- screening tanks
and vessels. using petroleum on water
that could rot Be drained. and in the
most systematic manner destroying
the breeding places of the irsacf-
When the warm season returned a
few cases occurred. but BY September.
1901 the last ease Of yellow fever orig
irated in Havana. since which time
the cIty has been entirely exempt from
the terrible disease that had there
kept stronghold for l5a years Gases
are nov admitted into Havana from
Mexican porss. bat are treated under
screens with perfect irnB.nity in the
ordirSry city hospitals The crusade
against the Insects also eanSei a very
large decrease y nAla-ill fevers..