INTRODUCTION 



The awakening of the general public to the necessity 

 and possibility of the control of malaria, indicated by 

 the incessant demand for information on this subject, 

 is sufficient reason for the appearance of this publica- 

 tion. Though many books and pamphlets on malaria 

 have been written by many authors, the situation 

 as found in the state of California has received little or 

 no attention by others. The contents of this book are 

 based mainly on the conditions as the writer has found 

 and studied them in this State during the past few years, 

 and the suggestions for control are made as they have 

 been applied by him and have been found successful. 



The subject of malaria control deserves the most 

 careful attention of the best scientifically equipped 

 men of this time, and to enter into this work no one, 

 not even the most dignified scientist, needs to suffer 

 abasement. There are still some few scientists who, 

 under the shadow of scholasticism, disdain to give to 

 mankind the facts in their hands to relieve suffering, 

 who in their laboratories concern themselves with the mi- 

 croscopical structure of disease bearing and disease caus- 

 ing organisms and scorn the man who has the courage to 

 step out of his laboratory and apply these facts for 

 the welfare of humanity. All honor to the man who 



