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mosquitoes, so lon.i^;' as lie had <;eriiisiiiliis capillary blood. 

 Tlie results were as prompt as they were g-ratifyiug-. Not 

 a single lu^w case of malaria developed ; Aiioidieles dis- 

 appeared entirely from houses where it had been ]irevi- 

 ously a ni.^lit terror, and Culex was greatly diminished 

 in numbers. 



The results reached l)y Dr. B(>rkeley were admirable, 

 and he advises the following oHicial steps for greater 

 New York: 



1. Kecpiire malarial cases to be reported as scarlet fever 

 and diphtheria are now. Malaria is at least as dangerous 

 as scarU't fever ; economically it is far more of a scourge, 

 for it atiects adult breadwinners as well as children. 



2. Send an inspector to evi>ry inflected house, who shall 

 instruct the people to kill all the Anoi)heles in the house, 

 to provide the windows and doors Avitli screens, to isolate 

 the patient with particular care from mosquitoes, and to 

 cause all the standing water in the vicinity to be drained 

 or heavily petrolized. 



liigid treatment with (piiniiie should be insisted upon 

 and the drug furnished gratis to those unable to pay, as 

 diphtheria anti toxine is now supplied. Dr. Berkeley 

 believes that in a summer or two it would be i)ossible, 

 by these measures, to reduce tlic nnmlxi- of local cases 

 by more than ninety per cent. 



Another interesting case has Ixmmi r»>ported to m(^ by 

 the Rev. Wm. Brayshaw, of (Mi.iptico, Md. Chai)tico is 

 situated at the head of a wide-spreading bay or elbow of 

 the Wicomico River, about eight mi]i>s from the point 

 where this river enters into the Potomac at Rock Point. 



