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PROPHYLAXIS OF MALARIA. 
loaded with hamiosporidia, and, with much less danger, to the biting 
of infected anopheles," the method requires the most careful super¬ 
vision, is more or less disagreeable to the individual, and is less per¬ 
manent than the abolition of breeding places of the insects transmit¬ 
ting the disease. In the military service its greatest use will be 
found in the protection of troops in active operations in the field 
in malarial regions, and as an aid in the prophylaxis of the disease 
in camps and posts in conjunction with the other prophylactic 
measures described. 
