The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-07-30
PREVENTION
Of MALARIA
TAKING OF oUININE AT CERTAIN
INTERVALS WILL PREVENT THE
MALARIAL PARASITE, SHOULD
1T GAIN ADMISSION TO THE
CIRCULATION.

ISSUED by the special committee ap-
pointed by the Florida Medical Asso-
citation, for the control and prevention
Of malaria-)
In the last two bulletins we have
discussed necessary means for the de-
struction of mosquitoes and methods
to prevent the malaria infected mos
quito from injecting man. No less
important in any malaria community
Is 1t to prevent man from giving ma
laria to the mosquito. In fact It is a
wheel within a wheel. If the mosquito
is prevented from biting and giving
malaria to man, they are by the same
means prevented from becoming in
fected with the disease by biting man,
when they may INCEST blood contain
ing the malaria parasites, rendering
them in turn capable of spreading the
disease by later biting other individ-
uals, these again injecting other mos
quitoes. It is thus seen that 1t is
very important and necessary that all
malarial patients be protected in such
manner that 1t will be impossible
for noninfected mosquitoes to feed on
their blood and become infected.
The medical side Of the prevention
factors. A lengthy discussion of these
has no place in such an article as this,
, but will be briefly dwelt on.
The First, is the taking of quinine at
certain regular intervals for the pur-
pose of preventing the malarial para
site, should 1t gain admission to the
circulation, from remaining multiply
ing and gradually getting the ascen-
! dancy OF natures forces employed in
the combating Of all disease producing
organisms. For many years the value
I or Quin1ne as a prevention measure
was discussed pro and con, but in the
: light Of recent experiences Of these
that have made a study of the results
obtained by this measure, there is nc
doubling the excellent results that car
be obtained in the most malarial coun-
tries by taking a few grains of this
drug daily, where persons as a result
of their occupations have to be more
| or less exposed to the bites of ano-
pheles.
The other point concerning the medi-
cal prevention OF this disease Is the
treatment of all I'll with the infection
The person who has an attack of ma
laria today and remains under treat
ment for a few days only, or unit
such time as the actual symptoms o;
the disease pass off, is a constant men.
ace to the community in which h,
| lives. 1t is from these cases that har.
Dor the malarial parasite advanced t
the state where the mosquito Is ne.
cesSary for it's further evolution, tina
the mosquito becomes infected. Per.
| sons harboring this form Of the para,
site may apparently be perfectly vel
for months but are continually infect.
ing mosquitoes that would otherwis,
remain perfectly harmless. Every cas-,
Of malaria should be treated by on,
familiar with the disease and the per.
iod of treatment should cover sucl
time as to insure the total destruction
of all forms Of the parasite
The prevention of malaria IL thu
seen to be more or less Of a complies
situation. OF the many methods a
our disposal for the elimination Of the
disease, any one of them, If assidiously
carried out by everyone would hav'
to result in the entire elimination o.
the disease.
Let the state of Florida be he frs
Of the southern states to show that We
can do what others have done. Eterna
vigilance will have its reward. 1t has
taken many centuries to get the upper