The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-05

The Island OF Doctor Moreau."
But this. as have others OF Wells
wild fancies, is In fair way of be-
coming a reality. If the plans OF
DR.. Jules Goldschmidt, member OF
the assembly OF the Pasteur lnsti-
tute. Paris, come to a fruition, there
will, In the near future. be Just this
story OF tropical island. peopled by
the higher species of apes and by In
yestigating physicians.
Use Monkeys in Research.
And such a plant for investigation
DR.. F. b. Mallory, OF the faculty OF
the Harvard Medical School, who has
discovered the germ of scarlet fever
and has used monkeys In his research
work, told reporter, will undoubt-
eddy contribute much OF great value
to the medical profession.
You must understand" said the
doctor, that there are certain dis
eases which are peculiar to human
beings. Cows have smallpox the
same as do humans, only we call 1t
cowpox In the animal, and this gives
US an animal upon which to expert
ment in controlling the disease.
How successful these expert
ments have been is shown by tho sue.
cess with which the disease Is COM
bated by the use OF vaccine. The
same is true OF rabies, peculiar to
both men and dogs. But there are a
great many diseases which fix upon
man alone.
Can Be Inoculated.
Animals do not have scarlet fever.
measles, whooping cough, typhoid
fever, diphtheria, influenza, epidemic
cerebral meningitis or leprosy. But
the Pasteur Institute has succeeded
in inoculating gorilla with typhoid
and chimpanzeo with scarlet fever,
In my experiments in isolating the
scarlet fever germ attempted to use
monkeys in the work. But all that |
had were four Of the variety of mon
key and that is carried by organ
grinders and they were not suscepti.
BILE to the disease.
1T has been proved that the high
or species of ape can be inoculated
with certain. and probably all, of
these diseases. But again investiga-
tors come up against the fact that
these animals will not live for any
great length of time when taken
away from their tropical haunts
They quickly fall victims of tubercu-
losis and other ailments.
But on such an island as the one
contemplated by DR.. Goldschmidt
this difficulty would disappear. In
such place these diseases could be
Investigated by using the gorilla, tn"
chimpanzee and orange utang. The
animals would be in practically the
same surroundings as before and
conditions could be controlled so that
the researches would oe most produc-
tive.
ut would only be a question of
money. The animals would be east
ly obtainable, and there would be
plenty of men ready and willing to
take up the work"
Halted by the Great War.
The plans OF DR.. Goldschmidt and
his associates on the Pasteur assem-.
bly, were near completion when they
were halted by the great war. The
French government had granted the
Use OF the Island of Kos. off the coast
of Africa. This island is partially
wooded. has a good water supply
and is inhabited only by $50 native
fishermen, who It was contemplated.
could be easily removed to the main
land. 1t is very healthy and free
from most OF the insects which are
the carriers OF the infectious dis
eases of the tropcs.
The movement has only been halt.
ed by the war, and as soon as hos
tilities cease the ape colony will be-
come a reality, and one more of H.
G. Wells's prophecies will come near
TO fulfllment. However, the island.
will greatly differ from the one pic
tured by the great novelist.
Wells has his hero. one Edward
Prendick, cast UP on an island. after
being shipwrecked. There he finds a
most remarkahla rare of bineds nre-