Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-28
MALARIA EXPERT
 ID ARRIVE TODAY Dr. von Ezdorf, of Health Department to Be Tender
 ed Smoker Tonight.
AID LOCAL PATIENTS
Is Investigating Prevalence of Malaria in the SOutll.-A Guest of
 Dr. Stewart.

Dr. R. H. voa EZdrOf, of Mobile, 1 Alabama, an agent of the United States Public Health Department, will be the guest of the Jefferson County Medical Society here tonight at d smoker to be rendered him in the office of Dr. w. s. Stewart, secretary of the State Medical Board of the Ar kansas Medical Society, in the Citi- zens Bank Building. He will arrive in this city from Little Rock at o:20 D. m. and will remain here Friday and Saturday.
 Dr. von Ezdrof, will hold a series of meetings in various parts of the state to gather material and prepare | index, showing the per cent of Ar kansans who are bearing malaria germs, and thereby endangering the health of those about them. He will be accompanied by member of the l Arkansas Board of Health. His 1 itinerary includes Scotts, Pine Bluff, Lake Village, Stuttgart and Augusta.
 Similar Investigations, conducted l by Dr. von Ezdorf in Mobile, Ala, disclosed the fact that il some parts of the city only 15 per cent of the 1 populace were carriers of the disease. Failure to treat malaria cases proper l ly oftentimes results, the physicians says, in an apparently healthy person carrying the germ and disseminating the disease.
 A comprehensive study of the ano- philne species is contemplated in Ar kansas. and each forward step will be given the people, for whose bene- fit the government is making the in vestigations.
 l to understand the habits of the mos quito before any great good may be accomplished for the people. Sani- ! tary drainage with paved streets and compact homes are the greatest fac 1 tors in eradicating the pest, he says. | 1t is this cause, he says, that malaria fever is more prevalent ill rural dis | tricts.
 pr. von Ezdrof is Investigating the prevalence of malaria in the South, as we'll as breeding places and species of mosquitoes, which transport I malaria. While i'll Pine Bluff his desire will be to secure blood smears from at least 300 patients, suspected of suffering from malaria. Anyone who feels he is suffering from acute or chronic malaria may have an eX- animation made without cost by Dr. yon Evdrof Arrangements can be made by communicating with Dr. w. H. Blankenship, county health of- ficer: Dr. w. T. Lowe, city physician, | or Dr. Stewart. of the State Board. It is expected that all the members of the Jefferson County Medical Society will be present tonight at the 1 smoker to meet Dr. von Ezdrof lie will deliver no lectures in this city.
 "In the old days" Dr. von Ezdroi said. ia a recent interview, "malarlal fever commonly was called swamp fever. This resulted because it usual lv was prevailant in swampy sec lions We now know positively, however, that the fever resulted from ,ho hite Inf the one species of mos ouito which carries malarla-the anophiline. There are 10 kho"h varieties of the anophline. but of this number only four are 1ouhd Ill the United States.
 "Our investigations have sho"h thai six times as many people die ol malaria in the country as ln the cities. Of course it is possible tor rural condition to exist in city.
 The anophilne is tmid mosquito Dr. Von Ezdorf says. and Will not bite unless the person attacked Is uniet This information should re- lieve many Pine Bluff persons, who complain of mosquitoes that have no regard for those attacked defyinS the defense of the victim and pushing the hostilities after war is declared.
 Dr. von Ezdrof put to rout the theory of many that whiskey will prevent an attack of malaria.
 The mosquito may object to the whiskey breath" he said, As to this I have no knowledge, but l be-
 live the insect would bite and would infect one loaded with whiskey rath- CT quicker than another, for once the Il whiskey gains control, it's bearer E usually becomes quiet
 I He also asserted waterlnelons ano s| cantaloupes do not carry the fever
 germ. saying that it may be receiy'