The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-08-13

laria be not present. The above state
ment is not wild. Such is the condi-
ton over the larger part of America.
for anopheles are everywhere, and ma
larla is rare outside OF a restricted ter
ritory.
(a) AS malarial mosquitoes travel
but short distances and as they only
bite at night, except the first crop in
the spring, enormous gain will be made
If we see to it that mosquitoes do not
breed within 800 yards of human habi-
tations.
A mosquito campaign will not accom-
plish much except there be preliminary
surveys, inspection service, planned
drainage, oiling squads, and a free, full,
and Intelligent use of the educational
possibilities of apers, lectures, school
teaching, posters, etc. Any town plan
ming such Il campaign will profit by
reading HerlnS' Malaria"
OBJ To prevent the infection of mos
quitoes by malarial people:
J.. Measures to keep down mos
quitoes.
2. Effective screening of the in
fected, especially at night.
8. Full cure of those who nave
malaria by the free use of quinlne.
Gorgas calls attention to the fact
that even 10-mesh screening is inef-
~fective unless 1t is put in by a car
penter who knows how to make it mos
Quito-proof. II mosquito bars are USED,
they must be free from holes and
properly tucked In.
Howard says that In Italy screens
and mosquito work cut the malaria rate
from 70 per cent down to IA per cent,
but there it hung unbridged until the
quinlnlzation method was added, when
the rate fell to 4 per cent.
The state provides q%uinine free for
the poor and sells it at a low price to
those able to pay.
State quinine is the keynote OF the
successful Italian plan. Cell says the
millions spent on drainage and mos
quito prevention for so many years
did not accomplish as much as state
quinine did In two years.
The third part Of the plan is to pre-
vent infected mosquitoes from infect
ing people. The measures proposed
are:
!. To prevent the breeding Of mos
quitoes.
2. To prevent infected mosquitoes
from biting people by (a) keeping mos
quitoes uninfected; OBJ preventing in
fected mosquitoes from having access
to people; Co using prophylactic
doses Of quinine.
In Panama, OF the $4,000 employees,
about 10000 took ~prophylactic doses OF
quinine-three grains each.
There is great diversity of opinion
as to the best method of using quinine
to destroy malaria. There is a gen
eral agreement that a malarial infec-
ton. taken in hand at the start and
kept under full q~uinine for three days,
will not develop the gamete form OF
parasite. the form necessary for in
lection of mosquitoes; furthermore,
that ~quinine is especially poisonous tc
the young, growing parasites. and that
a chill cannot be prevented unless the
drug is given several hours before the
chill is due.
The disagreement ONE as to the
best method of curing up the neglected
cases and as to the value of quinine
given to well people as a ~prophylactic
Koch recommends sterilization of the
blood by full, large doses of quinine
Bass, of New Orleans, believes in that
plan. giving go grains a day nee every
three weeks for about three doses. Bass
thinks all effort should be exerted IL
full curing cases. He thinks pro.
phylactic quinine does harm.
BY prophylactic use OF quinine IL
meant giving to well peopis three te