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POPULAR MISCELLANY. 



Malaria and the Eucalyptus. The ex- 

 periment of preventing malaria by planta- 

 tions of eucalyptus-trees at Tre Fontaine, 

 near Rome, has failed. While the euca- 

 lyptus-trees thrive, the malaria continues. 

 Fevers prevailed there in 1880, and even 

 during the season, exceptionally healthy at 

 Rome, of 1882, and under circumstances 

 which made the epidemic seem largely local. 

 A government commission has been ap- 

 pointed to examine into the matter, on the 

 application of Professor Tommasi-Crudelli, 

 who suggests that, until the inquiry is com- 

 pleted, conjectures as to the cause of the 

 visitation be abstained from. The facts are, 

 however, he says, practically instructive, 

 "proving as they do once more to what 

 risks of mistake we expose ourselves if we 

 hold a priori that the methods which have 

 resulted in a permanent improvement of one 

 malarious locality can be usefully applied 

 to all. The condition of permanent im- 

 provement is that of so modifying the physi- 

 cal conditions and the chemical composi- 

 tion of the soil as to render it incapable of 

 producing the malarial ferment. If all ma- 

 larious soils were similarly situated and had 

 the same chemical composition, we should 

 be certain of obtaining a permanent im- 

 provement in them by the adoption of a 

 system of cultivation by which this result 

 has been brought about in any one of them ; 

 but, unfortunately, malaria is produced in 

 soils whose situation and chemical composi- 



