Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
WARNED
Of MALARIA BY
HEALTH BOARD
Authorities Declare That Prompt
Treatment of Disease Will Rid
Georgia of Danger,

Warnings against malaria and sus 2
gestions as to the prevention and
| treatment Of the disease have been
issued by the Georgia State Board Of
Health in "a recent bulletin. The dis
ease is prevalent at this season of the
year. and for this reason the warning
is sounded at this time.
Malaria, in its various manifesto
tions. has ever constituted the princi-
| pal obstacle to the civilization of all
tropical and semitropical countries,
and as a consequence vast tracts Of
the richest and fairest portions of the
world have remained uncultivated and
| unredeemed from their primitive saw
age state, says the bulletin. Although
| il can not be said that this condition
of affairs applies to Georgia, it is,
nevertheless, true that the prevalence
OF this disease in some portions of the
! State has been a serious drawback to
| the development Of the regions In
which the disease prevails. and the
State Board of Health feels that one
of its principal missions should be to
remedy this condition as far as II lies
within its power. Recent investiga-
| tons have shown beyond the shadow
of a doubt that this disease can be
! easily prevented if the matter be
| taken up intelligently.
Character of the Disease.
Malaria is a disease produced by a
parasite belonging to the very lowest
| order of animal life, which is COM
monty known as the Plasmodium ma
| larioe; it Is conveyed from man to
man by that genus of mosquitoes
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attacks and destroys the red cells OF
the blood and produces poison that
| causes the symptoms characteristics
Of malaria
The most common and Weu-recog-
niZed symptoms Of malaria are those
| that occur in that variety Of the dis
| ease which is known as malarial or
/ intermittent fever In this type OF
| the malady the patient-who may or
may not have at intervals for some
| daya-notices a chilly sensation, a
| feeling Of fullness in the head. and
/ general bodily depression, is suddenly
/ seized with a chill, followed by a high
| fever and subsequent profuse per
| spiration; after these symptoms sub
/ Side which generally requires several
| hours, the patient returns to a prac-
| tiCaly normal condition and feels on
| the whole well until the next attack
! occurs These chills and fever par
| oXysms occur at various intervals,
| depending upon the character Of the
parasite inducing them--the most
/ common form in Georgia being per
haps that which produces a chill
every other day
In some instances the malady
comes on more insidiously, there
being no marked chills and the TEN,
perature remaining constantly abov,
the normal This type Of the disease
is oftentimes known as bilious, re-
mittent or continued fever
Disease Lasts Years.
In the more chronic forms of tn,
disease the unfortunate victim is
frequently subjected for years to at
tacks Of fever, coming on at irregu-
lar intervals the patient being more
or less Of an invalid throughout the
course of the disease.
In other instances the brain be-
/ comes affected producing alarming
symptoms and in quite a proportion
Of cases the malady ultimately ter
inmates in chronic Bright's disease.
Most fortunately, we have in qui.
rine, when properly administered, Z
medicine that in practically all in
stances acts as a specific in this af-
lection. II is not. however, advisa
BILE 70 prescribe the drug indisCrimi'
nately, but it should be used only OF
the advice and under the directions
Of a physician. In the more chroni,
forms Of the disease combinations o.
arsenic with such tonlcs as nux vom
lea, iron and small doses OF some o.
the preparations of mercury produce
permanent cures where quinine ha,
failed. II is Of the utmost impor
lance that attention be given to the
treatment, for so long as the patien
remains with the parasites in hi!
blood so long is he a menace to his
friends and neighbors
Parasites Breed Rapidly.
In our article OF June 10 we gave z
description Of the anopheles mos.
quito and the animated hypodermi,
syringe When this mosquito suck
up the blood of a malarial patient h,
also sucks up some of the malaria
parasites, and when he bites the mex
person he injects these parasites intC
the blood Of the new victim alont
with the venom which causes the itch.
ing.
Each parasite Immediately attack!
a red blood cell Of the second indi,
vidual, bores into ii and grows at the
expense Of the cell until it Cthe para.
site) reaches maturity, al which tins
It divides up into from seven to TWEEN
ty-five young parasites, which are lib
Grated, and each In turn attacks {
new cell This process goes on pnti
a sufficient number Of parasites arr
produced I'm the individual to caus,
the symptoms Of malaria, and tn,
new subject Of the disease thereafte
| becomes a source Of danger TO 9th,
ers in the vicinity, through the in
PREVENTION Of still other malarial mos
quitoes
II is clearly evident that a person
suffering from malaria should TAX,
treatment and rid himself OF the par
asites promptly-both on his owl
account and on account Of the rest o
the people in his community. 1t il
also important for his neighbors' SAX,
that he should protect himself By
screens and nets from the auophele
mosquito. which bites only at night
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