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quainted with Dr. Finlay and with his mosquito theory, 

 and therefore, under these late conditions and with the 

 malaria case proven, he estal)lished a commission of army 

 surgeons, composed of Major Walter C Pieed, Suri^eon, 

 U. S. A., Dr. James Carroll, Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. 



Fig. ZO.—SU(jomyia fasciata, adult female ; enlarf,^ed. (Autlior' 



illustration,) 



S. A., Dr. Jesse W. Lazear, Acting Assistant Surgeon, 

 U. S. A., and Dr. A. Agramonte, Acting Assistant Sur- 

 geon, U. S. A., and instructed them to investigate the 

 disease from the mosquito standpoint. The investiga- 

 tions carried on by this commission during the earl}^ 



