My grandfather George Townesend's journal

• April 13, 2018 19:08:09 Thomas A. Lingner

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  Sunday Unit pd by Foskett gave Kealy batmans money to Friday last

  
  

  (The following would seem to be notes from a lecture)

  
  

  Malaria. Caused by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito.

  The Anopheles mosquito is noiseless on the wing. When resting on a wall, the body sticks out at an angle of about 45 to 50 degrees. Proboscis almost touches the wall and is in the same axis as the body.

  
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  The egg is microscopical a boat shaped single or in small groups and generally attach themselves to floating objects. 

  The lava float horizontally to the surface of the water.

  "  " of Culex hang head down from "    "    "

  The pupae also float under water with two air tubes, attached to the thorax, which come up to the surface. 

  A female Anopheles having bitten a person or animal that has malaria will convey the disease to anyone else when she bites. Malaria patients should :. be protected from mosquitoes. Most natives have malaria in their system. House may be fumigated by tobacco or sulphur smoke. If out of doors 1 hour before sunset to 1 hour after sunrise the whole body should be protected gloves and mosquito veils should be worn.

  No water should be left exposed to the air puddles must be swept out all utensils containing water mist be emptied and cleaned once a week and thoroughly dried. The eggs larvae and pupae are usually found in puddles ponds and not so much in lakes water in broken bottles old tins is a great breeding ground. Tanks reservoirs should be protected.

  Petroleum or kerosene soaked into a rag and placed in water will form a thin coating of oil on the water which will suffocate the larvae or better still and old barrel thrown into a reservoir. Excavations round house or camp should be filled and levelled to prevent water accumulating At commencement and end of rainy season and when ever possible take 5 grms of quinine as a prophylactic. 

  Avoid chills. Keep the whole body covered take quinine and have no stagnant water. All water should be filtered and well boiled. 

  
  

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• April 13, 2018 19:06:36 Thomas A. Lingner

  (Last page heading)

  Sunday Unit pd by Foskett gave Kealy batmans money to Friday last

  
  

  (The following would seem to be notes from a lecture)

  
  

  Malaria. Caused by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito.

  The Anopheles mosquito is noiseless on the wing. When resting on a wall, the body sticks out at an angle of about 45 to 50 degrees. Proboscis almost touches the wall and is in the same axis as the body.

  
  (Diagrams)

  
  

  The egg is microscopical a boat shaped single or in small groups and generally attach themselves to floating objects. 

  The lava float horizontally to the surface of the water.

  "  " of Culex hang head down from "    "    "

  The pupae also float under water with two air tubes, attached to the thorax, which come up to the surface. 

  A female Anopheles having bitten a person or animal that has malaria will convey the disease to anyone else when she bites. Malaria patients should :. be protected from mosquitoes. Most natives have malaria in their system. House may be fumigated by tobacco or sulphur smoke. If out of doors 1 hour before sunset to 1 hour after sunrise the whole body should be protected gloves and mosquito veils should be worn.

  No water should be left exposed to the air puddles must be swept out all utensils containing water mist be emptied and cleaned once a week and thoroughly dried. The eggs larvae and pupae are usually found in puddles ponds and not so much in lakes water in broken bottles old tins is a great breeding ground. Tanks reservoirs should be protected.

  Petroleum or kerosene soaked into a rag and placed in water will form a thin coating of oil on the water which will suffocate the larvae or better still and old barrel thrown into a reservoir. Excavations round house or camp should be filled and levelled to prevent water accumulating At commencement and end of rainy season and when ever possible take 5 grms of quinine as a prophylactic. 

  Avoid chills. Keep the whole body covered take quinine and have no stagnant water. All water should be filtered and well boiled.

  
  

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