Knowing the cause and controlling it were still two different things.
Office of the Surgeon,
Camp Stotsenburg, P.I., Mch 31, 1917.
From: The Surgeon.
To. The Surgeon General, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.
(Thru Department Surgeon.)
Subject: Mosquitoes.
1. Collection of mosquitoes mailed, this date, to the Curator, Army Medical Museum, Washington, D.C.
2. 55 cases of malaria during the month, as follows:
Aestivo-autumnal, 8
Tertian, 47
3. Average strength of command: 2102.63
4. 2 cases of malaria, members of 15th Cav., casually at post, and 16 cases of civilians in addition to the above, during the month.
[signed, illegible]
Major, Medical Corps.
PCH/lbw
2 comments:
Note the autumno-aestival fever - they're still having trouble sorting out the causes of fevers, pre-virology. Dale Smith has an excellent paper on the history of this problem.
Side Note: The NMHM anatomical division has a series of specimens in the NYC Medical Examiner Collection from 1933-34 related to estivo-autumnal malaria among heroin addicts who shared needles. Dr. Helpern was the one who figured this out.
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