The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-15
Bug IS
BEING RAISED
BY DR.. BRINK
oTnANoE PARAoITES MATUAED
m STATE BOARD or hEALTH
LABORATORY AND STUDIED ~
On. sRiNk-HooKwoRM 10 RE.
poRTEo PLENTIFUL IN WEST
FLORIDA.
Have you got the hookworm?

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Have you got the hookworm?
K,you have any Of the symptoms Of
this" disease you had better consult
your physician or communicate with
the state board of health. It n prev
Alcnk IN Florida, especially in the
rural di4tricts. and right now is re-
ceiving the particular attention Of the
state board of health.
D.. r. A. Brink. in charge Of the
local laboratory of the state board Of
health; n pursuing a careful study OF
me A0Ukworm. He. n growing a
number Of specimens under special
culture and Is studying the parasite
during the various stages of its a.
tack; on mankind.
Reoently DR.. Brink received a num-
bstaof botanical specimens of the
hOokworm In the egg form. He put
them under q special culture, fur.
nisAed with plenty Of air and soil and
all OF the requirements Of the hook
worm.
The first results OF Dr. Drinks in
vesttgattons are now becoming ap-
parent and the first Of the worms ma
tutSa have been put under the micro
scope. These were viewed yesterday
by = representative Of The Journal,
Nat the laboratory Of the state board
Of health, and have been viewed by
Q number Of the city hall officials and
physicians Of the city.
80 The Lazy Bug.
= Th6 hoOkwCrm IL a strange human
parasite, which only recently came
into public. notice. It is not consid.
cred, except In rare cases, fatal, in
thn Aicnouo urONurod hv ~ o1thouU a,
within the past few years a number
Of deaths have been reported through
out the United States as caused di.
fectly by tine hookworm.
Great publicity was added to the
disease by the donation OF John d.
Rockefeller, the oil king. of a million
dollars to combat the disease In the
south. With the exception of Flor
ida, which rejected the offer. practical.
ly al the southern states accepted
Mr.. Rockefeller's proposition and the
disease Is being combatted in those
states, with the aid OF this appropria.
tion.
In Florida the state health oficials.
without any outside aid, are fighting
the disease and pursuing an individual
line or 'investigation which thus far
has proven more than satisfactory,
AiVu tuS SSiSuJiuC St6uuDOlHL duU
from the standpoint of the health of
the state.
To q great extent. the so-called
chronic laziness, which has been at.
tributed to the southern negro and
the southern white man by other sec.
lions Of the country. has been at.
tributed to the .hookworm. Thus the
object Of Mr.. Rockefeller's philan.
thrOpy as reported at the time was
to bless the south with the removal
Of this so-called laziness.
Its Life Cycle.
The hO0kwOrm parasite Is from a
quarter Of an inch to two inches in
length In its natural state II. at this
stage, attaches itself to the human In.
testines, where 1t sucks the vitality
of its victim. In this position 1t dis.
charges its eggs. They In turn are
discharged from the body and are ma.
ttrred only In the ground. Wet wealth.
er Is considered the most favorable to
the maturity of the parasite.
The worm. after Matching. then re.
turns to the interior Of the body. 1t
either bores it's, way into the body
from the exterior. or Is taken through
the mouth, In water or food.
Thus the greatest aid to the hook.
worm Is undeanliness about the home
and thus campaign against the
hookworm Is 9 sanitary campaign and
conducted along those lines.
One Of the pecliar theories about
the hookworm Is that the negro race
Is less liable to the disease than is
the white race. This Is one of the
theories which Is yet troubling the
authorities.
The disease produced by the para
site is one causing lack of energy and
q general physical lethargy. Hence
"thc lazy bug. the title which has
been given the hookworm. The raw.
ages of the parasite in sucking the
vitality. from its victim naturally pro-
duces a state of lethargy. commonly