Bisbee daily review., 1914-06-30
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measures 2" continues Mr. Showalter
For hundreds Of years man stood
helpless and appalled, In the face of
the onset of great epidmics. Hc saw
millions Of his fellow beings visited
with deaths more horrible than ever
torture chamber could invent, but not
knowing whence the afflicuon came
or whittier il went He surnised
and guessed, and finally saw a GER
tain relation between dirt and disease
and gradually the elimination Of dirt
checked the ravages Of some epidemic
diseases"
The writer then rey-ew- ne results
Of the discovery Of the part taken by
the mosquito I'm the carrying of yellow
and malarial fever germs. the fleas on
rats and ground squirrels i'm the trans
mission of bubonic plague the tsetse
fly in the carrying Of sleeping sick
ness. and more recently the body
louise as the typhus agent. The ordi
{ nary house fly has been christened
the typhoid fly" Typhoid yaccina-
lion and the publication of the water
supplies are described Panama. Gu
ba, Porto Rico Brazil Italy. India
/ the Philippines and many other trop-
/ ical countries have been redeemed
from their various scourges.
The fundamental principles of the
/ fight are expressly laid down in
terms like these mo mosquitoes,
no malaria, no yellow fever no den
que. No neas no bubonic plague;
no lice. no typhus; no tsctse fly, no
sleeping sickness; no ticks. no spotted
fever" Not only does sanitary science
open up the tropics for man himself
but for It's domestic animals as well
J In the generations to come, there
can be no boubt that with sanitary
science that is broad enough to reach
both man and beast. the great plains
of the highlands of the tropics viii
be converted into vast cattle ranches,
where cattle can be brought 10 the
stock cattle stage and then shipped
t to the temperate climates for feeding
and finishing, thus adding to the
worlds meat supply to the extent OF
billions of pounds.
"The discoveries that have brought
about this era of CONTROL of tropical
diseases have deeper significance
than would appear upon the surface.
Here indeed. lies the hope of the
worlds future food supply Mean
while. with the restrictions imposed
by disease removed, tides Of immigra-
ton might set into the tropics, popu-
laung them with people who would
cease 10 be a drain upon the food
supplys of the temperate zones and
become. on the contrary, contributors
thereto. Tropical swamps may be
drained tropical deserts irrigated.
tropical iungles tanned, and millions
Of the richest land on earth added TO
the productive areas which feet and
clothe the world
And what benefits these times
must bring to the race New blood
IN the tropics is needed The suns
Of centuries have burned out much
OF the initiative, the easy methods Of
gaining a livelihood have taken out
much OF the thrife and the lazy ways
OF the tropics have eliminated much
Of the natural love Of cleanliness OF
the people"
The National Geographic society
has taken a prominent part in there
diseascrdestroying campaigns The
micro-photographs Of the deadly
1 housoflv which this accommodation scat
tered broadcast a few years ago, gave
the first impetus 10 the ny-swattina
i fights chat have since been woged al
over The world.