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lesson as to the manner of communication of the malaria, andtbt 
means of safeguarding themselves against the disease. 
The second method of prevention consisted in the distribution oi 
quinine. Owing to the difficulty of supervising the inhabitants as 
regards the use of quinine, consequent on the manner in which tbev 
are scattered throughout the plain, and to the insufficiency of tli« 
medical staff, we preferred giving out the quinine according to the 
Koch’s system, whicli in practice was slightly modified, e.g., the drug 
was distributed on both Saturdays and Sundays, in doses of i gramme 
each day. We must, however, confess that we often met with 
considerable difficulty in the application of this mode of distribution, 
as the giving of a comparatively large quantity at once caused much 
inconvenience to tlie people, hindering them in their work, or 
rendering their Sunday’s rest burdensome. 
During the whole of the six months of our work, we distributed 
23 kilogrammes of quinine and I kilogramme of euchinine. The 
euchiniiie and 5 kilogrammes of sulphate of quinine were presented 
to us by the Jobst-Zimmer firm, whilst the Italian Government w'ss 
kind enough to send us 3.100 kilogrammes (3 i/io) of the State 
quinine, prepared in the manner in which it is sold by that Goverf' 
ment in Italy. 
The latter method of putting up quinine was very much appt®' 
ciated by the peasants, and the children, especially, readily took 
tannate of quinine witli chocolate. 
Our experience with the euchinine was not so favourable, as 
proved to be much less readily taken than the tannate with chocoh^^’ 
and less efficacious. 
quinine provided by ourselves was the sulphate, and 
distributed in wafer covers. 
Of the ,,680 inhabitants of Marathon 1,544 underwent the tre: 
ment but we are without information as to the result of the cure 
regards many of tliese people. Of 1,252 persons, however, we p055< 
necessary information, and of these only 597, or 4;-6 per cer 
were attacked by tlie disease. ^ 
personr h ^ , e><amination of these figures shews that of « 
malaria O “ 
”r o e n '6 -eks, 36 suffered' 
20 G per cent. Of 220 who took quinine during „ to ,6 weeks 
