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ArrKXDix. 197 The statement was that in her lather's feniily, coniprisiiig so many persons who drank cistern water, malarial diseases were nnknown, while in that of their next-door neighbor, consisting of exactly the same nnniber of adults and children who drank from "the best well in town/' they were rarely absent. ^ly attention having tiius been directed to the matter, it was not long before the opinion, which was confirmed by other evidence of a similar character, became a conviction, and for years I liave not had a doubt that drinking water was one of the i)rincipal if not the chief one of the avenues bj- which the malarial poison obtained an entry into the human system. Until quite recently the opinion almost universally held was that it was introduced through the air only. The very name )H(ilarlaj or bad air, is significant of that view. There is no question that the poison does exist in the air of warm climates in certain localities, especially in low, wet soils loaded with decaying vegetable matter, or in other localities not so low, but where the subsoil water is near the surface; that it is most abundant at night, particularly in the air nearest the ground, and that it is breathed in through the lungs. As to the nature of the poison many theories have been promulgated. T'p to 18(3t) the universally accepted opinion was that it was gaseous in (character. In that year Dr. Salisbury, of Cincinnati, Ohio, announced the discovery of an alga, or small water plant, which he assigned as the cause of malarial fever. While his conclusions were not generally accepted, inquiry on that line was stimulated, and from time to time various microscopic organisms were suggested as the cause, none of which, however, stood the test of experiment. But *Mn 1S81 Laveran claimed to have discovered in the blood of malarious subjects, in connection with the red corpuscles, rapidly moving iilamented spherical organisms of about the same diameter as the corpuscles. ^ Many investigators who have followed in Laveran's track have corroborated his testimony, and hence there is a growing consensus of opinion that malaria is due to the introduction of jdasinodhun inalarivc into the system; that it attacks the red blood corpuscles, lives and grows within them, an<l finally disintegrates them "—the explanation, by the way, of the familar fact that the subjects of chronic malaria are always very pale and bloodless. Since the above was written (in 1S92) favorable evidence has accumulated, and it is now generally believed that this little l)lood parasite—this microscopic vampire, so to speak—is the cause of this kind of diseases. Now, is this poison carried in water? That is the question before us. That it is a fact I have not a doubt, and my aim and hope is to j»rove it so completely to the satisfaction of our jieople residing in malarious districts as to induce them to seek such a v/ater supply as cannot be contaminated by it. As the Executive Health (Jtticer of the State, I feel sure that in no other direction can larger results in the way of preventing sickness be obtained than by bringing aV)OUt a change in the family water supply from the ordinary surface well, almost universally used at
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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. |
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Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
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Date | 1893-1894 |
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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. |
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Volume Number | 5 |
Page Number | 197 |
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ArrKXDix. 197
The statement was that in her lather's feniily, coniprisiiig so many persons who drank cistern water, malarial diseases were nnknown, while in that of their next-door neighbor, consisting of exactly the same nnniber of adults and children who drank from "the best well in town/' they were rarely absent. ^ly attention having tiius been directed to the matter, it was not long before the opinion, which was confirmed by other evidence of a similar character, became a conviction, and for years I liave not had a doubt that drinking water was one of the i)rincipal if not the chief one of the avenues bj- which the malarial poison obtained an entry into the human system. Until quite recently the opinion almost universally held was that it was introduced through the air only. The very name )H(ilarlaj or bad air, is significant of that view. There is no question that the poison does exist in the air of warm climates in certain localities, especially in low, wet soils loaded with decaying vegetable matter, or in other localities not so low, but where the subsoil water is near the surface; that it is most abundant at night, particularly in the air nearest the ground, and that it is breathed in through the lungs.
As to the nature of the poison many theories have been promulgated. T'p to 18(3t) the universally accepted opinion was that it was gaseous in (character. In that year Dr. Salisbury, of Cincinnati, Ohio, announced the discovery of an alga, or small water plant, which he assigned as the cause of malarial fever. While his conclusions were not generally accepted, inquiry on that line was stimulated, and from time to time various microscopic organisms were suggested as the cause, none of which, however, stood the test of experiment. But *Mn 1S81 Laveran claimed to have discovered in the blood of malarious subjects, in connection with the red corpuscles, rapidly moving iilamented spherical organisms of about the same diameter as the corpuscles. ^ Many
investigators who have followed in Laveran's track have corroborated his testimony, and hence there is a growing consensus of opinion that malaria is due to the introduction of jdasinodhun inalarivc into the system; that it attacks the red blood corpuscles, lives and grows within them, an |
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Article Title | Drinking Water in its Relation to Malarial Diseases |
Article Author | Lewis, Richard H. |
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