The Washington herald., 1908-07-29

Once again. with official regularity, has
the Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service published one Of its deeply inter
esting discourses. This time it's 2 regu-
lar midsummer nights dream
The reports OF This popular bureau, OF
which Gen. Walter Wyman is the chief.
are famed for their classical beauty. per
feet grammar. and purity Of English Dr.
Wyman has always made it q point 10
have the public health reports composed
in plain and simple English, in order 70
comply with their intent and purpose,
which is the education OF the American
people in a subject which Is OF vital IN
terest 10 them
Ever since President Roosevelt issued
his spelling reform edict, a year or so
ago. and led the way for his subordinates
in using English words 70 the exclusion
Of foreign ones IN official correspondence
and reports, DR.. wyInan has faithfully
followed his Chief in the White House.
and has instructed his satellites IN the
various parts OF The world not 70 permit
any foreign words 70 creep into their
other equally germaze subjects
English Words Can BE Found.
They follow his instructions with fdeIl-
" and aIacrIty Only two weeks ago
attention was called 70 one Of these re-
ports. which was q great Improvement
over its predecessors. there being used
about . per cent Of English words in It's
composition. the remainder being words
from the Latin. Greek. French. Ger
man. Spanish. Italian. Norwegian. Rus
sian. Arabic. Sanslzrit and Bowsry. BY
making use OF twenty-five Euglish words
ia a hundred Fl report on subject
of popular interest, the Marine Hospital
Service capped the climax and rendered
the country g signal service. The plain
citizen who received his education in the
common schools Of this country could
almost understand what Dr. Wyuan In
tended 70 convey n that report The
better educated could read between the
lines The true meaning OF the message
or, at least, could make a pretty good
guess
HarIzs Back 10 Chicago Fire.
This time the report is on rats. and
the opus was composed by George Nc
Coy. passed assistant surgeon OF Dr.
Wyman's establishment lie launches
into HIS subject at the very outset by
making the assertion that the great i'm
portance in a plague campaign OF keep
ing the euiz0ouc in rats under obse-va-
ton is Unquestoned- Everybody know
ing what epiz0Ctic means. the rat stu
dent continues and finds that sanItarians
are inclined 70 attach much more i'm
p0Ttsnce from an epideulioIogicaI point
ot view 20 the cases Of plague in rats
than = cases IN man Il should DO stated
that T. was epideHiology which made
Mrs O'Leary's COW kick over the milk
pan which upset. the coal oil lamp which
burned the c0wbarn which started the
Chicago FIRE. about which many OF the
older generation have heard.
DT. Mccoy discusses IN lucid terms
LESSONS IN a bubo. subCuraleous in5ec-
ton, a necrotic or granular condition Of
the liver. pleura. eTusior and a large
firm spleen" The mus uorvegicus'' and
I mus rattus" and b pests" also ars
mentioned & aGectiorate tsrms- D-
[ Mccoy advises that great care be taken
Z IN drawing conclusions from the nor
I phologv in general. that tine right ak.
I Hilary and left ilguinaI glands are in
vOlved. and that another rat had hllatera'
iuguiIal involvement. Bla-er-l irE--Da
I Involvement was always looked upon by
/ police officers as cue OF the noises IN
cIgded by Maj. Sylvester in his alti-u0is.
1 prouu1ciauento.
Enlightenment in a Paragraph
'Coccoid forms In a considerable area
I Of oedeUa IN The ax5lIa and the adjacent
I chest wall. supplrating or Gaseous foci
/ Gaseous lymqhstic glands in smears a-t
. LESSONS. cultural characteristics. and lac
tose on agar OF the gigantic globose and
/ trypa forms and organ.
Ism" Is another fow Of soul Of the
learned ratologist.
Another example OF pure English as ad-
I v0Cated by the Alliance Franca5se, tLs
/ Deutsche Sprachverein and the Gaelt
{ League. each Of which society is tryine
/ 70 force the language OF their respective
I countries upon ulsusQectinE American
[ pubic. is contained IL the following out
burst of Shakespearsan and R0oseveiriar
+ English. Assistant Surgeon W W 1IiI
F Ter. speaking this time Of white rats Il
( Washington. says. in part-
An examination Of TIE blood showed q
marked increase in the number OF large
m0noncular lymDhocytes (n some rates es
7
F large lymphocytes were embedded oval
/ encapSulated parasites. measuring on aI
I average 6 by 70 micro1s, somewhat re
/ sembling Leucocytozo0n canis Tn,
/ schizonts. eEcapsulated when mature
I rupture and set free from i TO % nero
/ zoites into the liver capiIlaries- Tit
I merOzites. at first free-moviug verunl
cUles. are taken in by the large Iympho
I cytes and become sncapsulated parasites
VermicuIeS Can Be Corrugated.
/ The intermediate host was found 10 bt
a mite. Lelaps echidninus Berlese, whicl
( lives upon and sucks the blood OF the rat
/ IN the stomach OF the mite the encap
sUlated parasites become free and con.
/ jugation between two vermicuies take.
place. \ zygote is formed which become.
/ an ookinet. penetrates the stomach wal
Of the mite and enters the body tissues
I II becomes spher0idaI in form and en-
/ capsulated. and Increases greatly in siz
7 60 20 or 80 microns in diameter Bud.
{ are formed upon the surface OF the spher