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malaria. He made the place quite healthy, so 

 that the work was able to proceed, and was brought 

 to a successful conclusion. In a great many other 

 places the teachings of Ross have been applied, 

 and districts which were almost uninhabitable on 

 account of malaria are now quite healthy. Accord- 

 ing to Ross, one may live in a malarial district 

 without catching the disease if one is always shel- 

 tered from the Anopheles mosquito. One has to 

 sleep in a bed enclosed by net curtains which will 

 let in the air but keep out the mosquito ; one has 

 to live in a house where all the doors and windows 

 are closed with netting which prevents the mosquito 

 flying in ; and when one walks out in a district where 

 these mosquitoes are to be found, one must cover 

 up all the skin of one's face, neck, etc., and one's 

 hands with gloves to prevent the mosquito from 

 biting. In districts where malaria abounds it has 

 been found that people who take sufficient precautions 

 can escape the disease. 



Some eight or ten miles north of the town of 

 Madras there is a little seaside town which has been 

 regarded as a health resort. However, some ten 

 or twelve years ago it became unhealthy, and the 

 visitors there got malaria, and enquiry showed the 

 cause. Some trees had been planted so as to make 

 an avenue, and round each of these trees a little 

 pool of water was arranged so as to help them to 

 grow. The mosquitoes found these pools of water 

 good breeding-places, and so there were soon plenty 

 of mosquitoes, and soon after that there was plenty 



