The endemic diseases of the southern states . Fig. 45.—The barrels and one of the buckets contained many Fig. 46.—Anopheles larva; in the barrel. A fatal case of comatose malariaoccurred here a few weeks before the picture was taken. 174 ENDEMIC DISEASES OF THE SOUTHERN STATES medical staff, to Italy to study the subject, and invited Rossto inspect the place and advise upon the most suitable manner ofconducting the campaign. In September, 1902, Ross arrivedin company with MacGregor and with Pressat returning fromItaly. An abundance of anophelines were found in the housesof the employe
The endemic diseases of the southern states . Fig. 45.—The barrels and one of the buckets contained many Fig. 46.—Anopheles larva; in the barrel. A fatal case of comatose malariaoccurred here a few weeks before the picture was taken. 174 ENDEMIC DISEASES OF THE SOUTHERN STATES medical staff, to Italy to study the subject, and invited Rossto inspect the place and advise upon the most suitable manner ofconducting the campaign. In September, 1902, Ross arrivedin company with MacGregor and with Pressat returning fromItaly. An abundance of anophelines were found in the housesof the employees, and the larvae especially in small, brackishmarshes in the sand and in some of the waters of irrigation, butnot in the main canal, where they were probably destroyed byfish. It was evident that mosquito reduction was to be thechief end, though old cases of malaria received vigorous treat-ment. Marshes were filled with sand and the irrigation channels
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