The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-21

o. ESQ naturally nave had slight effect
Juun the death rate among the fight
' IuG men in France they lave in the ag-
glegate saved many lives In this world
war which has sem fighting men not
only to Belgium and rance but TO the
worlds most remote quarters. These
tropical diseases are mostly due TO
animal parasites. the most important
infections OF the troops in this war Of
this character being malaria and AMIR
be dysontCry. These constituted the
great dangers in the Mediterranean
and Persian operations.
"The control of malaria. however. is
now nearly complete OWING To the dis
cuvcry that the disease Is carried by
the mosquito and that it is easily
cured"
1t may ne worth while here to men
tIon the fact which Sir Ronald did not
mention, namely. that these discov-
cries may he properly attributed prin-
cipaily t. himself.
"The preventive campaigns con-
Quoted 10y your Gen. Gorgas," Sir Ron
aid went ON. frs, in Cuba and after
ward N your Panama Canal Zone.
have proved that malaria. Ike yellou
' ~ ''AN'i ma ~ ltSdIutu " u
very serious enemy ~ organized so
Getty, whether II consists OF residential
communities. great industrial groups
or masses of fighting men. The work
u Gen. Gurgas changed the whole re-
Iation of the white man TO the tropics,
ny stntery was the next to meet
defeat. The cause Of ampnic dysen-
terry was discovered 10y kartulis. q
Greek. IN 1888, hut recently the method
of treatment by ipecaCuanhs has been
perfected by Sir Leonard Rogers in
the form of the cmetine treatment.
enabling US 20 control the majority Of
cases. almost with certainty.
Unfortunately We have not yet dis
covered how the ampha enter the
body, but many researches in regard
10 his are under way. as, for In
stance, those OF the Medical Research
Committee. the great British re-
search organization under the In
surance Fund. with $50. 900 q
year to spend. Some Of these
researches are being carried on Al my
laboratory at the Royal Society Of
Medicine The d~ysentcry researc.
should have been brought to a con-
Clus!on years ago
lneSe are llt mos important med!-
cal problems which the armies IN this
war have had t" meet. Sleeping sick
ness II yellow fever naturally do not
touch the regions where the fighting
is I'm progress
Malaria may 10 a danger at any
moment and a very great one, but
now, as We are talking, it has not YET
become one. We rcgarj 1t rs Surpris-
ing that We have had :, little Of II in
France. II is reasonable To- cApert
hat the pools Of water In tL~
trenches may he great breeding pla -
FOR mosquitoes III the summc-.
"Anothcr disease from which we
hay" somewhat mystcriuusly cs,ape1
is ~huukWorm, lluukwurm is rSUa.l
an acc. Impairment If worh in IL"
earth, but in this war /, mas scarcely
appeared, Even should ii become
prevalent 1t would not %" a very seri-
ous matter. fur !' is easily durable in
these DAYS, Through iNr use II thyinol
and other drugs.
THE para-'yph".l> naN" caused
much %auuoNauc" to an he armies,
Th,y are aSSuriat"d w'h IA" rulcri,s
"liyt tn, real .nfrr,.nn "h,ch hu-
maniry m"S' w div mae f"ar a, t'is
time is not physical, 3d. Us, g., .i''.
There i ma gown ur ,'o 1i"0, .
ever will Il" la,''r"l n"
pert haCtcriuluS.Sl
mental. Il is the n' -'
I world must guar -.