The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-11-17


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An excellent argument for the
proposed new building and meeting
hall was shown yesterday at the meet
ing of the chamber of commerce to
hear DR.. Rupert Blue, of the public
health and marine hospital service;
DR.. d. II. Currie, of the same service,
and Colonel Ebert, of the regular army
medical corps, who has many years ex.
perienee in the Philippines lighting
mosquitoes, as well as in other coun-
tries. The meeting room in the Stan.
genwald building was packed with
prominent citizens and many were
standing mp.
The interest in what these expert
United States service sanitation OK.
perts had to say in connection with
in this city was intense and the points
made by the speakers were appreci-
sated and easily understood, for they
spoke plainly and to the point of the
fight now being waged.
President Spalding, of the chamber,
introduced all three speakers as ex.
perts and men of worldwide reputa-
tion and experience. Doctor Blue was
the first speaker and announced that
his subject would be measures For
the Prevention and Control of Yellow
Fever = He referred to the fact that
all the world has now recognized the
/ mosquito dogma of the transmission of
yellow fever as proved by the re.
searches of Doctors Reed, Carroll and
Gorgas at Havana, Cuba, and White at
New Orleans.
In part he said:
Can Stamp Out Disease.
%tThe results which they achieved
changed the entire face of the picture
and now, instead of waiting for the
appearance of frost or the exhaustion
of the human infectible human mate
rial, the sconrge may be effectually
stamped out by the application Of
measures against the agents upon
depends. The logical application of
these principles may be used with equal
efficacy in the prophylaxis of the
disease, hence, If these fundamental
facts are thoroughly understood they
become at once the instruments for
the prevention and the extinction of
yellow fever. These principles are as
follows:
:. Yellow fever is transmitted to man
ONLY by the Stegomyia calopus.
'tIn order for the MOSQUITO To he.
come infected it must bite yellow
fever patient in the first three days of
lis illness.
After the Stegemyia calopus has
hus become infected, period varying
rom ten to twenty days, according TO
temperature, must elapse before the
mosquito can transmit the disease to
nan.
From the foregoing it may deduced
yellow fever cannot exist where
here are no mosquitoes of the genus
itegomyia.
Granted the presence of the Ste
omyia, the disease cannot exist unless
he mosquitoes have bitten yellow fever
atients in the first three days of their
mess.
"If all mosquitoes which have been
exposed are promptly killed, the |
isease must perforce come to an end. |
yellow fever may be introduced
ito country either by the introduce |
on of infected mosquitoes or by the |
ltFoduetion of patients In the 6rst |
iree days Of their illness.
f'It is evident then, that the control |
the disease means on the one hand |
e control Of the Stegomyia ealopus,
ID on the other, tho control Of the
illoW fever patient This Is not 90
fy az might appear at first glance,
4 II these two factors IL the con.
nunnre and spread of the disease are
gfeety controlled We have nothing 70
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Control Of etogomyia oaiopua,
In the control Of tie mesquite host
fallowinR are tho ends 20 BE- aeeom'
fro hill an adult mosquiiess
= 70 prevent the multiplication ~
laquiiefa
H4n pIegem iAe Heeels Of mosqpl
= ~ yelloR feYeg paiienia
"a iill nll mosquitoes ahrh have
saqh aasaes y
em"eaiinr uron these pHnriplei
10 CURE A COLO n 0AFDAY /
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