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by the mortality statistics of Rio. Only a few years ago thousands of 
deaths were due to yellow fever ; to-day Rio de Janeiro is absolutely 
free of cases of this disease. 
The man who accomplished such a miraculous change experienced 
a difficult time. The citizens did not appreciate his methods and 
desires, his opponents were numerous and the methods they used 
were various. Only his dogged determination in continuing thcanti- 
stegomyia measures saved Rio from remaining a plague spot. To day 
his name is honoured, and the largest and most progressiv e Bacterio¬ 
logical and Medical Institute in South America is the Instituto de 
Oswaldo Cruz. 
W e do not believe that Stegomyia reduction will prove so difficult 
in Manaos as it was in Rio. It is not such an old city. The streets 
are wider, the buildings are not so cramped as in the old yellow fever 
quarter of Rio. Manaos has not the number of foreign emigrants 
that Rio had. 
It is to the interest of the State of Amazonas that Manaos should 
sun Wither the commerce of the interior, and the rnhher indnem, 
r < • * -udugers 
’ gIVG 3 do £ a bad name and it will stick to 
nations look 
fever prevails. Year by year 
s is decreasing and, as the 
5 for the eradicating of the 
interest. It is 
