This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...whose habits are chiefly nocturnal, is greatest at night, but residence in tropical malarial districts for white persons is always safest away from native huts and villages. The draining and filling up of swamps, pools, and ' puddles; levelling of the surface of the ground; cultivation of the soil by planting ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...whose habits are chiefly nocturnal, is greatest at night, but residence in tropical malarial districts for white persons is always safest away from native huts and villages. The draining and filling up of swamps, pools, and ' puddles; levelling of the surface of the ground; cultivation of the soil by planting trees or other forms of vegetation; destruction of the larvae by pouring oil. on the standing waters; location of dwellings on high, dry sites; having these dwellings properly screened, --all these precautions should be taken. Further, a rational and scientific use of quinine, and a change of climate to a higher latitude, are both very important measures in case of the contraction of the disease. Residence at an altitude of a few thousand feet, where the temperature is lower than at sea-level, is usually a sure preventive, but the mountain climates may be injurious to persons suffering from heart or lung troubles, or from rheumatism. Relapses are very common after a malarial attack, and an anaemic condition may continue for a long time. According to Koch, these relapsing cases infect the new mosquitoes each spring, but the same authority believes it possible to destroy all the parasites in such cases, before the spring comes, by the use of quinine. Malaria is one of the greatest obstacles in the way of white occupation of many tropical countries. Ross spoke well when he said that the success of imperialism depends largely on success with the micro-' scope. The hope for the future lies in the determined effort to destroy the malaria-bearing mosquitoes, and to protect individuals from infection by these mosquitoes. Preventable, to a large extent, malaria certainly is, but it is beyond the range of human power to eradicate the disease, certainly..
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