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CHRONIC MALARIA
AND IIS CAUSES
Malarial Parasites Often Remain in
the Body When Patient Is
Apparently Cured.
1—
Atlanta, Ga. —There are persons In
Georgia walking around with malaria,
who do not know they have it. They
have had all the symptoms of malaria
one or more times, and when the symp
toms are eliminated they think them
selves cured. They attribute the re
curring attacks to a fresh infection,
whereas the cause is really within
themselves.
This is known as chronic malaria,
in which the patient retains within his
body dormant elements of the dis
ease; when these become active, as
they may do at any time, all the symp
toms of the disease again appear, and
the patient has an acute attack.
The causes of, and the methods of
treating, chronic malaria are now well
understood. The discovery of the ma
larial parasite has resulted in the
clearing up of practically everything
that was formerly obscure in connec
tion with malaria. Not only did this
discovery bring knowledge of the
means of transmission of the disease,
but further investigation has clearly
shown how chronic malaria is produc
ed and why it is that quinine falls to
relieve it.
A few days after a man becomes
inoculated with malaria, through the
bite of an infected anopheles mosquito,
two varieties of parasites are found in
the blood. One of these is the ordi
nary chill-producing parasite, which is
effectually killed by quinine; the oth
er is the sexual form of the parasite
and is in no way affected by that drug.
May Carry Them for Years.
These sexual forms of the parasite,
male and female, circulate in the blood
for months and, possibly, years, simply
waiting for the anopheles mosquito to
suck them out; then, within the body
of the mosquito, the union is formed
between the male and female para
sites, and the production of the many
young chill-causing malarial parasites
follows; then these young parasites
are injected into the blood of a man,
when the mosquito bites, and an acute
attack of malaria follows.
The anopheles mosquito which is
the sole conveyor of the malarial par
asite, has been described in a former
article. Resting with its body almost
at right angles to the surface to which
it attaches itself, it is easily distin
guishable from the common form of
mosquito, whose bent body, in rest, is
almost parallel to the surface on
which it alights. When it bites it
injects the chill-producing parasite
into the blood. Each of these para
sites attacks a red blood corpuscle
and soon divides into from seven to
twenty-five chill-producing parasites,
and each of these, in turn, attacks an
other red blood cell. This process goes
on until, within a comparatively short
time, a sufficient number of parasites
has been produced to cause the symp
toms of malaria.
How It Becomes Chronic.
After a person has had malaria for
a short while, there are millions of
these sexual parasites in the blood.
The chill-producing parasites may have
all been killed by quinine, and the
patient may feel restored in health.
But it has been shown that occasional
ly a female sexual parasite remaining
in the blood, will, for some inexplica
ble reason, suddenly breed or give off
the chill-producing parasites, and these
latter then begin to multiply rapidly.
In a week or so they will cause the
malarial chills just as though the pa
tient had been inoculated by a mos
quito.
The foregoing explains the well
known fact that patients with chronic
malaria have from time to time, re
currences of the disease after having
been apparently cured by quinine. It
also shows how and why a patient ap
parently cured, yet harboring the sex
ual forms of the parasite, is just as
dangerous in causing the spread of the
disease as is one suffering from an
acute attack.
Cure of Chronic Malaria.
It follows from the foregoing, says
the Georgia State Board of Health,
that the first step necessary is to kill
the chill-producing parasite with qui
nine, and then begin the administra
tion of arsenic in as large doses as
possible, for it has been found that
this drug kills the sexual form of the
parasite, though it is usually neces
sary to administer it for several
months before the object is attained.
While giving the arsenic the patient
should have a full dose of quinine ev
ery few days, as otherwise some of
the female sexual forms might sporu
late and give rise to some of the chill
producing forms which are not affect
ed to any extent by arsenic.
Arsenic, as is well known, Is a poi
sonous drug; and it is likewise dan
gerous for persons unfamiliar with
quinine to administer that drug. It
is essential, therefore, that in the
proper treatment of malaria, a com
petent physician be called, and that
the patient follow explicitly his direc
tions until he is pronounced cured.
The State Board of Health is pre
pared to make examinations of blood
for malarial parasites free of cost,
and will gladly make such tests and
report the results to any one desiring
them. Specimens should be address
ed to Dr. H. F. Harris, Secretary' State
Board of Health, State Capitol, At
lanta, Ga.
If there is any doubt about it, the
safest method is to have your physi
cian send a specimen of your blood to
she State Board.
1 Fools Keep In
The Background.
Senator Bacon is no fire-eater.
He is a Senator From Georgia
and a very capable statesman.
Also, he is chairman of the for
| eign relations committee of the
i body of which he is a member.
He says that the “President is
face to face with the gravest
emergency that has confronted
i s since I have been a member
.of the Senate. It is much grav
-ler than that which faced us in
the Cuban situation.” There
fore, he advises to keep cool and
let cool heads define the policy to
be pursued by a government that
| is less than 150 years old and has
never been whipped. It has
whipped some of the oldest and
strongest governments in Europe.
We all remember what happened
to Spain in the Cuban situation.
Let statesmen talk nowand fools
keep in the background. Fools
may get a chance to show their
bravery later on.—Houston
(Tex.) Post,
Visions of Roast Beef.
It seems almost incredible, hut
the fact is vouched for at Wash
ington, that a representative of
the Government is soon to take
ship for South America for the
purpose of encouraging sonsign
mencs of beef to the United
States. The administration cher
ishes the belief that with meats
free of tax at our custom houses
it will be possible occasionally to
buy in this market an Argentine
roast or steak. To facilitate the
traffic, the federal official named
will explain conditions here and
do what he can in other ways to
open up a new and paying com
merce.
If in all our history there ever
was such a reversal of form as
this, the books make no mention
of it. Heretofore the whole en
ergy of government has been
exerted for markets of the trusts.
Now we send a man at public ex
pense thousands of miles to stir
up competition for a trust. A
year ago this would have been
flat treason. In Mark Hanna’s
time there would have been a cry
of murder from coast to coast.
Today it excites nothing hut ex
pectant smiles upon the counte
nance of millions who eat or who
would like to eat. —World.
Mentions Senator Bacon
F'or Secretary of State.
The prediction has been made
that Col. Wm. J. Bryan will not
serve out his term as secretary
of state and that he will be suc
ceeded by Senator A. O. Bacon.
The New York Sun has strongly
indorsed the Georgia senator and
everyone recognizes him as one
of the best equipped men in the
country for the delicate and im
portant duties of the office. —
Griffin News.
It Will Be Righted.
The Legislators who adjourned
last night and are returning to
day to the bosoms of their re
spective families, must feel that
they were overshadowed by the
Frank trial, so far as newspaper
attention is concerned in the
present capital city. “Jim Con
ley,” “Lemmie Quinn” and
“Newsie” got more space and
pictures than the House or Sen
ate leaders.
It is awful, hut all will be,
righted when the capital is mov
ed to Macon. —Macon Telegraph, j
Cotton Crop Late.
Americus, Ga., Aug. 15—Twen
ty bales of new cotton were
marketed in Americus today,
making a total of thirty-five
bales received already. Cotton
is beginning to open rapidly and
the fields will soon be white with
the staple. While the crop will
be late this season, Americus
warehouses will probably receive ■
1,000 hales during August, which
is about half the usual receipts
prior to September. •
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, AUG. 21, 1913.
.“Maryland My Maryland”
. 1 Os the events of the Civil War
with which Baltimore is identi
fied, the best known by long
I odds is that it was the scene of
the first bloodshed in that conflict,
. when the Sixth Massachusetts
, Regiment, on its way to the de
fense of Washington, was at
tacked in the streets. News of
’ the encounter inspired Randall,
in distant Louisiana, to write the
II State song, "Maryland, My
•! Maryland.”
i We are reminded of that dis
! ti’acted period in the life of the
1 1 city by the death of Gen. Edward
F. Jones, who commanded the
Sixth Massachusetts during the
1 ordeal of its march from Presi
dent street station to Camden
1 station. His conduct subsequent
-1 ly during the war gave him no
special distinction as a military
man: and he is recalled by the
people of Baltimore rather be
cause of his quest in later years
for the body of the war’s first
victim, a member of his regi
ment, than for his connection
with the events of April 19,
1861.
When the Spanish war came
on, Baltimore evened the sco e
by feting the Sixth Massachu
setts of that period on its way to
the front. Mayor Brown, Mar
shal Kane and all the other prom
inent figures in the former and
tragic reception of the regiment
are long since dead, and for some
years only Gen. Jones survived.
But “Maryland, My Maryland,”
remains as a permanent inspira
tion. —Baltimore News.
Breaking The News.
There is a certain stableman
in Brighton, says an English pa
-1 per, who has a tender heart, and
who understands the art of break
ing bad news gently. For ex
ample:
A gentleman living in Wales,
who was spending a month at
Brighton, accompanied his wife
and daughter to London fora few
day’s visit.
The daughter, after buying
whatever else she wanted, de
cided that she must have a bull
dog. The entire family went to
help her select the dog, hut as
they could not agree, at all the
gentleman bought three.
He had the three dogs sent to
Brighton, then changed his plans
1 about going back there, and took
his family home to Wales. A
few days later he received the
following letter from the stable
man at Brighton:
“Dear Sir. Your three bull
dogs came all right last night on
the same train. I locked them
up together in a loose box.
“Yours truly, J. J.
“P. S. —We have only one
loose box.
“P. P. S. —You will have to
buy some more dogs.”
Adel Gets First Bale
Os Sea Island Cotton.
Adel has the distinction of re
ceiving the first bale of Sea Is
land cotton marketed in the
Southern States this year.
It was ginned here Thursday
morning and was shipped by ex
press to Savannah by J. E. & W.
B. Wilkes.
The bale is thirteen days earlier
than the first one marketed here
last year, and speaks well for the
hustling ability of the young
farmer who brought it in.
The bale weighed 450 pounds,
and was grown by Mr. J. S.
| Jones of the Adel District. Adel
j News.
A Distressing Situation.
i
A question of anatomy that
needed an immediate answer
came up during Willie’s morning
ablutions, says the Family Herald
of Montreal.
“Ma! *Ma!” he sobbed. “Do
my ears belong to my neck or my ,
face?”
“Why, what is the matter?”
was the temporizing reply.
“Well, you told Mary to wash
my face, and she’s washing my
ears, too!”
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trains the handsomest diners ev
er built. The ears are inductive
to cool traveling as well as to
safety. Paddle fans really cool
the passengers without buzzing.
The tile floor is cool, sanitary and
does not contain odors as car
pets do. The sunken electric
lights give sufficient light with
out being glaring, and the venti
lation of these modern cars re
moves the sting of summer. The
service is ala carte, offering the
best the marked affords.
In addition to this, they have
also put in service new steel
coaches, elaborately finished
which makes them the pioneers
in solid steel trains operating in
the South,
For full information relative
Seaboard schedules, etc. write,
C. W. Small,
Div. Pass. Agent,
ad. Savannah.
A. 1,. Lanier,
Attorney at Law,
MT. VERNON, <JA.
Will Practice in all the Courts of
the State.
llamp Burch
Attorney at Law
Ml: It A E, GA
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