Malaria section of the international celebration and exhibition : three hundredth anniversary of the first recognized use of cinchona by Europeans, 1630-1930, at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 54, Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, London, W.1.

  • Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.
Date:
[1930]
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Credit: Malaria section of the international celebration and exhibition : three hundredth anniversary of the first recognized use of cinchona by Europeans, 1630-1930, at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 54, Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, London, W.1. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Type of oil sprayer and jacket used. Malaria control. A demon- stration of its value to railroads based on experience of the St. Louis S. W. Railway Lines. Spraying oil on a pond that could not be drained. Malaria Control. A demonstration of its value to railroads based on experience of the St. Louis S. W. Railway Lines. Apparatus for oiling under pressure. Scene on Golden Bridge Pond, showing type of lake margin treated. Reproduced from Public Health Bulletin, No. 156, Washington. (Griffith's Paper). Oil cart for applying oil to roadside ditches. Algae united with oil in mat-like masses. Empire. Oiling obstructed streams on cut-over lands. Field supply tank. Pack mules, for oil transportation in jungle trails. The larvicide plant at Ancon. Application of larvicide or oil by knapsack sprayer. Miraflores. Oil drip applied to hillside stream. Oiling of breeding-places along a river bank. Brush in valley of Pedro Miguel River. Some Isthmian topographical conditions increased the cost of transportation and treatment to several times the initial value of the oil. Le Prince and Orenstein. Personal Measures 769. A series of photographs dealing with personal prophylaxis :■— Draught from propeller as deterrent to mosquitoes. Screened cars in railroad construction camp. Types of screened houses, Culebra. Screened verandahs, Ancon. A good device to prevent the sagging of screened doors. Diagrams showing best locations for screen doors. Screened vestibule door. Types of screened houses, Colon Hospital Grounds. Bungalow showing mosquito protection, Araujo. A prophylaxia Rural no Estado do Parana. Railway windows and doors screened to keep out mosquitoes. Malaria and the Engineer. The non-inflammable mosquinette with smoker. Shorts with flaps for protecting knees.