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  rather. 
  One 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  disease, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  our 
  attention 
  has 
  been 
  directed 
  

   to 
  it, 
  has 
  developed 
  over 
  the 
  area 
  indicated 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  since 
  the 
  fall 
  

   of 
  1904. 
  Another 
  case 
  is 
  one 
  which 
  has 
  occurred 
  in 
  Rhode 
  Island, 
  

   where 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  chance 
  to 
  watch 
  its 
  development 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  closely 
  

   than 
  in 
  other 
  places, 
  that 
  is, 
  more 
  constantly. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1908, 
  after 
  

   I 
  had 
  made 
  over 
  thirty 
  excursions 
  around 
  Rhode 
  Island, 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  

   to 
  find 
  a 
  single 
  trace 
  of 
  this 
  disease, 
  and 
  no 
  one 
  else 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  

   single 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  in 
  Rhode 
  Island. 
  In 
  May, 
  1909, 
  I 
  happened 
  

   to 
  be 
  about 
  five 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Providence, 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  two 
  

   or 
  three 
  cases, 
  all 
  in 
  one 
  rather 
  restricted 
  spot. 
  Later, 
  it 
  was 
  discovered 
  

   a 
  little 
  farther 
  south, 
  and 
  soon, 
  a 
  little 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  so 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1909 
  we 
  knew 
  of 
  about 
  ten 
  cases 
  in 
  Rhode 
  Island. 
  At 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  1910, 
  a 
  season 
  in 
  which 
  very 
  few 
  trips 
  were 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  

   special 
  object 
  of 
  surveying 
  for 
  the 
  disease, 
  we 
  had 
  more 
  than 
  doubled 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  infections 
  found. 
  That 
  led 
  to 
  putting 
  someone 
  into 
  the 
  

   field 
  in 
  1910 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  survey 
  of 
  Rhode 
  Island. 
  A 
  man 
  was 
  also 
  put 
  

   into 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  Massachusetts 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  purpose. 
  Mr. 
  Rankin, 
  in 
  

   cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  made 
  

   a 
  survey 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  which 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  this 
  map. 
  A 
  man 
  

   was 
  put 
  into 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  one 
  into 
  Maryland 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  pur- 
  

   pose. 
  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  survey 
  in 
  Rhode 
  Island, 
  where 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   1910 
  we 
  knew 
  of 
  less 
  than 
  fifty 
  cases 
  at 
  the 
  outside, 
  we 
  now 
  know 
  of 
  

   ^ery 
  nearly 
  4000 
  cases. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  story 
  in 
  Massa- 
  

   chusetts. 
  At 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  this 
  year, 
  there 
  were 
  four 
  towns 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  disease 
  was 
  known 
  ; 
  now 
  there 
  are 
  seventy-one. 
  At 
  present 
  in 
  Con- 
  

   ■necticut, 
  the 
  disease 
  is 
  known 
  in 
  one 
  hundred 
  thirty-two 
  towns 
  of 
  the 
  

   one 
  hundred 
  sixty- 
  eight 
  in 
  the 
  state, 
  and 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Connecticut 
  is 
  very 
  badly 
  infected, 
  just 
  as 
  badly 
  as 
  the 
  adjoining 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  New 
  York.* 
  

  

  So 
  much 
  for 
  illustrations 
  of 
  the 
  rapidity 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  disease 
  

   develops. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  going 
  to 
  say 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  anything 
  special 
  about 
  

   the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  disease, 
  simply 
  because 
  we 
  haven't 
  yet 
  decided 
  what 
  

   was 
  the 
  probable 
  origin. 
  I 
  will 
  merely 
  say 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  different 
  

   theories 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  origin. 
  One 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  imported 
  from 
  the 
  

   Orient, 
  another, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  saprophyte, 
  a 
  fungus 
  which 
  has 
  lived 
  nor- 
  

   "mally 
  upon 
  dead 
  organic 
  matter, 
  but 
  which 
  has 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  parasitic 
  

   form, 
  which 
  develops 
  on 
  living 
  organisms. 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  any 
  disease 
  of 
  this 
  sort, 
  one 
  naturally 
  inquires, 
  

   Iiow 
  are 
  we 
  going 
  to 
  recognize 
  this 
  disease? 
  This 
  past 
  summer 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania 
  has 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  field 
  thirty 
  or 
  more 
  men 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  

   trained 
  to 
  recognize 
  this 
  disease, 
  with 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  locating 
  the 
  infections 
  

  

  * 
  Since 
  this 
  statement 
  was 
  made 
  the 
  disease 
  has 
  been 
  definitely 
  reported 
  in 
  

   approximately 
  164 
  towns 
  in 
  Conn. 
  [J. 
  F. 
  C] 
  

  

  