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President Brinkerhof^i^ — I think this paper of Dr. Hoff- 

 man is a most interesting one, and the paper is now open for 

 discussion, and I hope some of the members will take this oppor- 

 tunity of talking on this paper. I will call on Dr. Headlee, any- 

 way. I think he may have something to say. 



Secretary Headi^ee — Mr. Chairman, I think we have listened 

 to a dissertation on the subject of malaria which could not be 

 duplicated anywhere in this country. We have had the privilege 

 of listening to a man who has a professional acquaintance with 

 all of the most serious malarial places in the North American 

 continent, and certainly some of the worst in the world. It has 

 been a privilege for the association to have the opportunity of 

 hearing this account of the danger which is outlined by the 

 speaker, through the general infection of the troops and the re- 

 turn of these troops to their homes. 



I am confident — in fact I am certain — that in most of the 

 states in these United States where this danger will exist there 

 is absolutely no adequate realization of it. Just two or three 

 weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a meeting of the Na- 

 tional Entomological Association at Pittsburgh ; and there, while 

 there was a good deal of discussion of the question of insects 

 injurious to the soldier, this idea advanced by Dr. Hoffman, this 

 great danger which looms on the horizon, was absolutely unap- 

 preciated. In fact I am reasonably sure that there does not exist 

 in the minds of men charged with the sanitation of our troops 

 the realization of the size of this danger. The English have 

 awakened to this situation. An efficient service of men trained 

 in the fighting of insects has been organized for the entire Eng- 

 lish Army. Our army does not have it. We are depending upon 

 the general sanitarian for the solution of this problem. I do 

 not know whether it is worth while or not, but it occurred to me 

 that it might be worth while for this assocation to memorialize 

 the Surgeon-General of the United States Army in this connec- 

 tion. No one in this country understands the danger, perhaps, 

 better than the Surgeon- General. But a memorialization from 

 this association, which is unique, to the Surgeon-General would 

 give him an argument for the extension of this type of work 

 among the troops. 



