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tobacco. In such a study there i- the eternal Whin-. When and Why. If a 

 man says In- feels better through the use of tobacco, then tin- question ar 

 Why do you feel bad? Why <1<> you feel bad in the winter time, during tin- 

 closed door season, and feel comparatively well in the summer? Why do 

 you feel well when you leave the city and go on a vacation to the country or 

 spend a winter in the South, where you do not care for sedatives, neither 

 tobacco nor alcohol and can readily do without them? 



Where a man smokes and drinks, and one might say eats, is an important 

 qu< -tion. One realizes it after keeping individuals und< r observation for a 

 long series of year.-, particularly men and women who are willing 

 a daily record. 



As long as tobacco is used sparingly and produces no evil results, neither 

 in the user nor in those about him. there i- no occasion to speak of a Tol 

 Problem; the same is true of alcohol. Men who drink sparingly and "can 

 leave it alone'" do not create an alcohol problem. But the man who 

 tobacco or alcohol sparingly may still be setting a bad example to those 

 who can not use them, that is. in moderation and without injury to them-' 

 and others. 



I shall now briefly comment on some of my papers presented before this 

 Academy. This is not a medical paper; remarks will be along the line of 

 Coniosis. 



MOSQUITOES AND MALARIA. 1900. The chief reason for writing 

 that paper was to clear the field of work of an affection frequently confounded 

 with malaria, an affection very common in our State', under various name-, 

 such as False Malaria. Atypical Malaria. Latent Malaria, a Touch of Ma- 

 laria. Mal-aria. and others, including "bilious attacks" and "auto-intoxica- 

 tion". 



This paper could be re-written, by one who has access to all the old litera- 

 ture, under the title, Indiana: A Redemption from Malaria. It would be 

 appropriate for the Centenuial next year. As a companion volume the man 

 with ample leisure could write a volume on False Malaria, that is. dust in- 

 fection. 



Real malaria, that is malarial fever, is transmitted through the bite of 

 the anopheles mosquito; false malaria, or Coniosis, is transmitted through 

 infected dust. The proper season for malaria is late summer and autumn; 

 that of false malaria from autumn tluough the winter to late in spring, 



