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a1m>endix. 1^0] The following from an article by Dr. W. II. Daly, of Pittsl)urg, Pa., in tlie Medical Record of September loth, is extremely vahiable, as coming from an unacclimated physician exi)Ose<l to the conditions most likely to cause malaria: "Observations and studies on the subject, and investigations made in various districts from Manitoba to Louisiana, and all along the southern coast of the Atlantic Ocean, and of Cuba, Yucatan, and other districts in Mexico, lead the writer to the conclusions that so-called malarial disease is not easily, if at all, contracted by inhaling so-called malaria or bad air of the low, swampy, or new lands, but it is distinctly, if not almost exclusively, due to drinking water that has come into contact with and become infected with the malaria germs or infusoria that exist in the earth and waters of the swamp and lowlands. This germ does not ordinarily, if at all, float in the air during the day, nor does it find easily a vehicle in the fog or vapors of the night. ^ "I am fully aware that in taking the ground I here occupy I may be considered to be too radical and that my ])Osition may be regarded as untenable. If so I can only answer that every observing medical man must and is bound to tell honestly and fairly what he has gathered from his own experience, observation and studies, and it must be considered that my observations have been prolonged, extensive and fairly intelligent, and made not, so to speak, second-hand, but personally and upon the ground in districts distinctly malarial, and that during the years that I and others had been careful to avoid the mists and fogs of the malarial regions as well as the outdoor night air, but all the while using the surface, swamp or shallow well waters for drinking, I as well as others of my friends suffered from malaria, so-called; but later on and during the past twelve years, while abstaining from drinking the surface or well water and with the utmost freedom of exposure to the outdoor night air, fogs, rain and mists at all times, night and day, we have enjoyed complete immunity. Whoever has shot wild fowl knows full well that the best opportunities come to a sportsman amid storm and rain, with the early n^ists of the morning and when the marshes are redolent with the vapors of the evening, just at nightfall, when the wild fowl are flying to and fro, seeking their favorite haunts in the marshes to sleep. "Then there is the journey of miles homeward to the club-house, farmhouse, or camp, in the small ducking-boat, that brings one to the fireside possibly not earlier than eight to ten o'clock at night, so that exposure is positive and close to the marsh and water, as one is sitting in a small boat. "I mention the foregoing as relevant, since medical men are still the readers and learners from the classic text-books of AVatson, Tanner and Xiemeyer, not to speak of many others,"
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-01: Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Health [1879-1908] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1893-1894 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-005 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Fixed Title * | Page 201 |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1893-1894 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-005-0207 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 5 |
Page Number | 201 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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a1m>endix. 1^0]
The following from an article by Dr. W. II. Daly, of Pittsl)urg, Pa., in tlie Medical Record of September loth, is extremely vahiable, as coming from an unacclimated physician exi)Ose |
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Article Title | Drinking Water in its Relation to Malarial Diseases |
Article Author | Lewis, Richard H. |
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Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-01 |
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