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THE MOSQUITO. 



It would be difficult to overestimate the amount of dis- 

 tress and positive injury inflicted by mosquitoes. Their 

 monotonous and droning song drives sleep from the eyes 

 of nervous and exhausted patients, and the sharp puncture 

 of their industrious lancet introduces in the arteries of 

 their victims a subtle poison that inflicts an unendurable 

 irritation. To some its consequences are truly baneful, 

 and from many, to whom rest brings the refreshment of 

 renewed strength necessary for their daily toils, it robs of 

 vitality and energy ; the sleep of babyhood is disturbed 

 by the mosquito, by the mosquito the sufferings of the 

 sick are intensified, the heat of summer becomes more 

 wearisome under their exasperating inflictions, and the 

 beauty of Nature itself wanes before their vexatious and 

 murderous attacks. 



In view of such facts and consequences Dr. Lamborn 

 has prepared a circular, in which he formally invites the 

 attention of scientific entomologists to this problem, and 

 opens the discourse by some practical suggestions ; and 

 these effective inquiries are made urgent to-day, when, in 

 the neighborhoods of our large cities, useful and inviting 

 tracts of country l)ecome almost uninhabitable by the 

 presence of mosquitoes. In the suburbs of New York 

 City the mosquito forms a veritable barrier to occupation. 

 Many portions of New Jersey are deserted by desirable 

 .residents because of the great numbers of mosquitoes, and 



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