The San Francisco call., 1905-08-18
MALAR|AL CURE
ALWAYS CERTAIN
PathOlOgiSt Claims Quinine
Will Cure LowIands' Sick
ness Without an Exception

'Quinine will cure any case of ma
laria, no matter what the cause may
be" said Sir Patrick Manson last night,
and the reason of so many supposed
failures TO cure is because many kinds
of fever are doctOred for malaria when
they are not" The famous pathologist
then related instances of the kind he
had Investigated during his research
work in London.
The lectures by the English knight
are to continue the remainder of this
week, when he will spend few weeks
at the seashore The audience has
taken on professional air.
Medical men from all points have
been drawn TO hear the master of bac-
teriology relate his valuable expert
ences. 1t is said physicians have ar
ranged their practice for the afternoons
so as to have their mornings free TO
attend the lecture and again in the
evening they assemble at Lane Hall,
Cooper Medical College, for the night
address on tropical diseases.
The subject of the evening lecture
was malaria and the determination Of
the effects and symptoms. Sir Patrick
gave the results Of many of his expert
ments and diagnoses of the cases that
were considered baffling by the Lon
don medical experts 1T doesn't fol-
low that because a patient has one
disease he hasn't got any other,
averred the pathologist, and If there
is a complication of diseases accom-
panying the malaria, special care must
be taken lest the less dangerous sick
ness overcomes one. When sick good
cure to remember is to look for other
symptoms along with the ones under
investigation and if another disease is
found, get rid of it also, and the patient
has far better chance for recovery.
Although a person may have many
kinds of ailments. one Will always pre-
dispose the other. In this way a care
full study of the symptoms with trial
of various treatments will lead to good
results.
For thorough diagnosis of
malarial case, one must have micro
scopic examination of the blood cor
puscles. / think this a good point to
remember for most any case-and then
one does not have TO depend on the
outward symptoms entirely"
The speaker told how important it
was to know the use of the micro
scope-the instrument by which he
made his fame-and how there was
dearth of this knowledge among the
medical men of England. He suggested
this latter point as the reason for CIV
ing the explanation of the process of
preparing plates for examination.
In this case the matter to be ex-
arnined was blood, and Sir Patrick told
his method of spreading the blood on
a glass, previously labeled, using
needle to open the skin and drawing
the needle through the blood to spread
II on the glass. He said this method
would scatter the blood over a great
area and expose the corpuscles to the
view of the lens.
.Trypanosomiasis" was the subject
of the morning lecture, the speaker
talking also on the "leishman" para
site and the kala azar, a species of
ravaging disease that was called the
"Black Death" The latter germs are
said to be found in Africa. China. India.
Mexico and possibly the United States.
The leishman and trypanosom are said
to be related in species and produce the
sleeping sickness