Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-08-10

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make you afraid you will die,
but make you wish you coula
row Of the bones and upset the
oiling of the joints.
They cause spots of broncho
pneumonia in the lungs, andl
some people die with malaria.
Doctors treat malaria with
quinine, atebrin and plasmochin,
but the treatment is so compli-
Gated that it is better to let the
doctors tell you how to do il.
Besides, you might have typhoid
when you think you have malar-
ia. You need the doctor to de-
eide what ails you, and while he
die. Far too often, the mild
case" of malaria is diagnosed by
smart relatives as laziness.
According to the book on the
doctors shelf, malaria is warm
weather and warm climate di-
Scasc. 1t is prevalent all over
the tropics and the temperate
zones. II affects people of all
races. Some have thought that
the negroid races are immune.
That is definitely not true,
though white people have shown
less resistance to infestation, and
should, therefore, use great eau
ton.
Doctors are undecided on the
question of malaria being inher-
tied.
individuals do not all respond
the same way to the disease
Some are more resistant than
others. Doctors have seen some
indications that people who have
had malaria before have more
resistance than others if not a
total immunity.
Malaria makes the spleen en-
large and turn black. 1t makes
the liver get little larger and
areas of necrosis are noted"
That means that the doctor saw
some dead spots on a liver.
The varmints get into the
brain and clog-up some of the
passage ways. The doctors have
seen more of them areas of ne
crosis, or dead spots, in the in
testincs, and the heart gets .
little off the BEAM" The little
germlins foul up the finctionine
OF the kidneys and the adrenal
GLANDS. They get into the mar
is there he might as well weigh
out the stuff for you to take.
| Malaria germs are carried
from one person to another only
by the female Anepholcs mos
lquitos, but there are "A breed.
OF them, and it is difficult to tel
the males and the she-devil.
apart. Other kinds of "skeeters'
carry other kinds of microbes &c
cause other kinds of diseases.
1t is better 10 prevent mos.
lquitoS from being born than tc
try to kill them. All MOSQUITO.
lay their eggs in Stagnant water
When the eggs hatch, they make
'Wlggle tails" which grow into
moSquitoS. Then, don't have any
stagnant water. If you can't pour
ont all the Stagnant water. keen
II covered with crankcaSc drain
'E"Ss to poison the 'wigglc tails
/ The AnCpholCS mosquitoes hate
SunShinC-thcy do most of tho
dirty work at night or on CLOUDY
days. Keep the screens in good
shape. and don't forget that the
little devils have heard of Santa
lClaus-thcy come down the
chimney too. Either keep a fire
in the chimney all summer. or
cover the top of the flue with
screening.
Get out and cut the weeds. /,
IS surprising how many old cans
bottles, tires, and other pieces
o! Junk are holding stagnant
Mdtcr-Wlth WlgSle tails in il
Get rid Of that stuff.
| Vote for politicians who arc
IN favor Of draining the swamps
or otherwise killing the mos
quItoS, gnats and flies. There's a
lot the government can do that
cannot be done by individuals.
During recent year.: Readers
Digest carried story that some
smart guy made a recording OF
the female mosquitoes mating
call. amplified and broadcast his
record, and lurcd all the swag-
gering male mosquitoes for miles
around into an electrified screen
The Shc-devil mosquitoes wcr,
SO lonesome that their egg.