The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-03-09

Their Relations Discussed ~ the later
national Medical congress-

Their Relations Discussed at the Inter-
national Medical Congress-
No medical expert now doubts that
ence Of a parasite. FIRST. identified by
Laveran. Almost the only questions
ON which there Is not yet universal
agreement relate TO the share which
the mosquito has In conveying the par
asite from one human victim TO anoth-
CT. The fact that mosquitoes some
times exist where there IL no malaria
is susceptible Of easy explanation. Tho
mosquitoes may belong 90 the wrong
genus or may not have had chance
to become infected. Then. too. the res
idents may have learned 20 exclude
them with screens.
A more puxzling circumstance In
that doctors sometimes observe an at
tack or malaria when few or no mos
quitoes are about. This point was dis
cussed at length at the recent interna-
tional medical congress In Spain. Of
which the New York Medical News
gives IN interesting report. Some Of
the physicians expressed the opinion
that the parasites did not always dis
appear from a patients system when
he had apparently recovered. but con-
tinued TO develop there, one genera.
ton after another completing the cycle
OF existence In n human body. Such
persons were liable 60 have another at.
tack without being freshly bitten. Dr.
Ascoli. OF Rome. for instance. report.
ed that malaria In epidemic form often
appeared In Italy In June, notwith-
standing the fact that at this time
there could be but few infected mos.
qultoes. Most OF these patients
showed. however. an antecedcnt ma.
larial history. proving. he thought. the
fact that the recurring attacks within
the Individual were what kept malaria
In readiness TO infect then young mos
quitocs.
IL does not clearly appear that the
congress considered the plan for fight
Ing malaria which has found the most
favor with American and English san
itarians. and which Is by far the most
radical. Prevention OF breeding by
depriving the mosquitoes OF convenient
places wherein TO lay their eggs seems
10 have been ignored. According TO
the Medical News. the majority OF the
delegates attached the most impor-
lance 10 the use OF screens 10 prevent
the young mosquitoes from becoming
contaminated. Dr. Ascoll thought that
II that system OF dealing with patients
were followed rs thoroughly and care
fully as isolation IL observed I'm small
pox lit would soon limit the trans.
MISSION OF the disease and render cpl.
denies In low mountaineering lands
almost unknown" He would employ
netting not only TO protect healthy peo-
pie from mosquitoes. but also 10 pro-
tect healthy mosquitoes from infect
ed persons.
While accepting the theory that the
genus Rnaphelcs is mainly responsible
for spreading malaria. DIR. Hauser, OF
Madrid. believed that the parasite
could reach a human subject otherwise
than by the bite OF living mosquito.
He thought that this germ might live
I'm humid earth under favorable condi-
tons. and that the germs might -four
ish In regions free from mosquitoes.
The inhalation from dried marshes or
the drinking OF water infected by the
bodies OF dead mosquitoes could infect.
and mosquitoes dying In marshes set
free the organism which infects man
through the medium OF the air.