The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-09-15

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way 70 the intestine. establishes itself
there as a bloodsucker.
Such problems keep the government
health authorities moving. AS soon as
one ts solved another turns up-us. for
instance. IN the case Of the mysterious
spotted fever" which has been max
ing 50 much trouble lately IN the
mountainous regions of Montana and
adjacent Rocky Mountain states Il
Is an entirely new complaint but ex-
treulely fatal. four out OF every Eve
persons attacked by Il in the Bitter
Root valley where It ssumes its
most virulent form) passing speedily
from the sick bed 70 the burying
ground A Characteristic symptom is
an eruption OF pimply red spots all
yer the body.
Investigation has proved that this
disease is due 70 a 'Eerm" Of some
sort-presumsbly q bacterium. but so
minute as not 70 be visible under the
microscope-whieh is carried by a
esrtatn species Of weed tick There
IL no question Of the accountability Of
the tick. for the mAlAdy has been sue
cosafuily transmitted. In an expert
mental way. through the medium OF
It's bite, from guinea pig 70 guinea pig,
from monkey 20 monkey and even
from human being 70 human being On
two tvoluuteerl instances. Some Of
the insects we're brought 70 Washing
ton and encouraged 20 lay eggs. which
were duly Matched by Or. stiles. but
Il does not appear that more than a
very small minority OF them. In n
state OF nature. are infected. These
exceptional individuals probably &C
quire their infection by biting some
animal which harbors the germ. but
what animal that f.. nobody knows
Speaking Of volunteers. there seems
new TO be any lack OF them. where
risks have 20 be run IN the experiment
tai study OF diseases. Il does not mat.
teT how deadly tho mslAdy may be.
therp w always mel ready 10 take
their lives In their hands for such pur-
poses, often without reward. such
WAY the case when O call Wa issued
In Cuba. in 1900, for soldiers willing
90 expose themselves 90 the bites OF
mosquitoes carrying the infection OF
yellow fever II Was tho case again
recently. when Capt Charles p Craig.
Of the army medical corps. wanted
men ia the Philippines for a practical
tust ~ his theory that acuruo. or
"broakbone" fever owes lts dlstrIhu.
uan 60 a mosquito OF another species
thu ~niEhtnyinE cuiOI fatiEaRs. an en-
sect already positively known 20 be
tho cgrricr OF the parasite thread.
worm which causcs clephanttasis
Wherever u looks. In the study OF
diseases, one hnda animals 81 various
kiuhs acting a. ChC carriers OF tho
germs which make the mischicI Sci.
I ehcn Bs yet has made only a beginning
la this aurt o. nveatigauve work The
AnopAeios mosquito Is known 10 be
thu sole couycyor and distributor OF
the malaria microbo. but whcro did
the microbe OF malaria come from
originally h is. as everybody knows.
a nrotoaoon-that is 20 say. an animal
organism ~ 4 low form but its or
igin Ia a puzzle,
The same thing might be said Of
tho bacterial Parasites that cause yell
low fever and denEUe. Il h thought
they are closely related. the symptoms
they produce being somewhat similar.
but nobody ever saw either OF them
Like tho germs OF measles and scarlet
fever. they are so minute as 20 be IN.
visible, ven under 3 high power mi.
croecope.
As for dengue, TO nnd some way
OF combating Il was Of special i'm.
portanco from the viewpoint of the
war department because Il was OF
very troublesome IN the Philippines.
breaking GU In explosive epidcmics.
and ucapacitSting entire companies
Nor ighting purposes with a stimuli.
~taneousness most distressing. The
manner of It's spread was such as OBJ
vlouRly to suggest an insect agency,
and culoN faugans. always most plen.
tiful whore and when dengno ap.
poared was naturally suspected,