THE MOSQUITO PLANT.
The following interesting letter appears in The Times of the 5th ult. :-
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1911.
THE KNIGHTS BACHELOR.
now nearly 400 members of the Society of According to the report for 1910, there are Knights Bushelor, and this number reprosents about half the total number of the Degroo. It" was hoped that the details of the parchaeo of Clifford's Inn as the permanent home of the Society would have been completed by the Now Year, but the diflenltics
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In regard
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| air were so great that the Habitaught, and | ATREUS, British str., 6,698, J. Riley, 29th
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Bir-In The Times of April 29, 1903, under the heading The Mosquito Plant," appeared a letter from me describing this basil pant 1Ociman or Deymum mirile and its poculior proporties in keeping away mosquitos.
Sir George Birdwood corroborated my opinion, and on May 2 a letter from him appeared, intins only just been able to come to a basis of which he wrote that the fact bad been known kran time immemorial to the Hindus of Indis, agreement satisfactory to both parties. By the and that when the Victor Gardens and acquisition of Clifford's Lun the Society will be Albert Museum wore established in Bombay the will provide a central meeting place for the come possessed of an historia fandınark which meu employed on these works were at first so Knighthos of the Empire, a library fox postered by mosquitos and, suffered so much trom malacions fever that, on the recomm works relating to Heraldry and the Degree dation of the Hindu manager, the whole bone generally, with a ball for extortaining, dary of the gardens was planted with holy the various members of the Degree may
on the walls of which tho. Drms of basil and any other baril at hal, ou which the
bo plague of mosquitos was at once abafod and se
Inscribed and permanently have a plass. To fover altogether disappeared from minong the acquiro sai provide for the upkeep of the residunt;gardeners," continuing that "tho sito premises in a stato worthy of the Degree a sum of the gardens had before been run of the worst of about £35,000 will be required, and so much malarin-stricken spots on the island of Bombay-offer has been received from certain of the favour has the scheme found in Canada that an No one in those days knew anything of the mosquito-onalaria theory of to-dzy."
24th
April-Liverpool 26th Mar. and Singapore - EAEL OF ELGIN, British str., 2,311, Robertson
General -Battorfeld & Swiro. 26th Apri Philadelphia ria Durban 18th GERMANIA, German str., 1,713, N. Fenudson,
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29th April-Mike 24th April, · Coal- HALDIA, Norwegian str. 1,065, G. Solborg,
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306b April Bangkok via Swatow 22nd April, Rice and General--Chinese.
atr., 860, A. Kandson, 22aalitoz 6 April, Sandal Koights of Chuada stating their readiness to Trod-Angaard, Thoresen & Co. subscribe half the amouut necessary to carry the porcing through if their brother Knights in the other portions of the Empire will provide the raining half prior to the Coronation. A fand has been opened, therefore, to attain this object.
Tut, twithstanding this corroboration from such a distinguished source, the contention that the plant possessed any such protective value was discredited by other notable non, as Sir W. T. Tiselton- Dyer, Bir A. King- Harman, then Governor of Sierra Leone, and Dr.
Among the Front, the prinsipal medical offeer at the time of that colony. Dr. Pront, by caging up half a dozen mosquitos with the plant in one cago, which had a tus to another enge without the plant, found that the mosquitos romaiued in the basil cage. This was considered conclusivo proof of the plant's ineffiency,
which
questions affecting the Degree of the appropriation of the prefix "Sir in the I've boon dealt with duringie year is that title of limited liability companies, to which chioction is taken on the grounds that befitloond ignity of a Knight Bachofer are perzonit, and the registration of the prefix to the name of an individual in some maisare rentera 'it perpetual,
Dr. Prout added that the publication of sintend that as honour anferred by the Sovereign mouts to the contrary would be apt to do an should become part and parcel of the name immense amount of harm by producing a falen and stats of a company created for the feeling of security and by inducing people to do of profit. Representations on the subject are parpese away with the completo protection of mosquito being male to the authorities. As so many of net in favour of the imperfect protection of a for the overeen members are expected to be in basil plants placed round his fel"
Loudon for the Coronation festivities, it has A similar agument might be producel regarden desiat to hold a general meeting of the ing mosquito nots and quinine. But disuse of Socinty in the early part of June. It has been notting was, of course, nover contemplated-by proposed that an annual dinner shall be held, and the date of the first has been provisionally fixed for Tuesday, June 20, by which date it is hoped the Society will be in possession of its own
mo for a moment.
The Times, however, in an article sun July 27 sympathize with Dr. Prat, summing up the controversy as follow-
Tho destruction of idol is often painful to those who have tested in them but in the present iustangs it is clearly for the benefit of al fanbitants of malariuna conniries that they should be preserved from reliance upon a pro. oneding which has been clearly shown to be absolutely n»ing."
premises.
SIGHT IN THE MERCHANT NAVY.
Lord Muskerry called attention in the House of Lorts last month to the subject of vision tests Sir George Birdwood again, in The Times of for masters and wonten in the merchant navy. July 30, kindly took my side, writing that the He said candidates for Board of Trado certifi real question in the put antior is cates as qualified commanding oflcers must Brat Lho woight of Captain Lary's prac undergo a test both for colour and vision. Tho tical experionca in Nigeria against Dr. Frouts prosent method of making the test had raised a experimental experience-tu fall into a tantology sterm af hostile criticism. A man might fail to in his laboratory at Sierra Leone," ps whose vision for form and colour was quite that with every allowance for error, my ex- right, whilet another man who was dangerously perience in the Victoria Cardous raust bounteolour-blind might obtain his certificate. He far more, with me last, in favour of Captain criticized the composition of the Departmental Larymore's proposal the Dr. Proct's multitude committeo appointed to consider the tin of experiments in miniature cas count against for there was a suspicion that efforts were being made, not perhaps towards wholesale jobbery, Nothing farther transpired. I postat the but towards engineering of a most improper seeds to many parts of the world to interested character su oriler to whitewash the present inquirers and povsem #buva eontinued to tests. There was a great deal of indigna- sow the seed wherever I have been stationed,tion in shipping circles in regard to the and the immunity from lover which both my new form vision test which was to come wife and I have experienced for the last ten into operation in 1914, He moved for a years in West Africa speaks for itself.
return showing the accidents which were due to defective form vision, and for a statement of the zonsona why the Board of Trade had adopted new tests.
I have, however, only just host apprised of the following fast, and would ask to be allowed to record the information in justification of the opinious expressed in regard to the plant's
Miesoy.
The results of a preliminary investigation at the Laboratory of the Imperial Justituts by Dr. Goulding, D.Sc., and Mr. Pelty have ou published in the Proceedings of the Chemical Sooioty, and show that leaves of this plant, im- ported fr. m West Africa, contain à volatile oil which possesses the same areontic thyme-like odour of the leaves in a concentrated degree, An analysis of this oil showed test it contained 32 per cent. of thymol, togather with other
aromatic Bulafauces.
Now thymol is a recognized artistic and most powerful germicide..
Quoting from "The Extra Pharmacopais " (Martindale and Westents, Fairlength Edition, page 671)—"Ten prains dissolved in au ounge of soft paraffine applied to the skin keeps off gants and mosquitos"; ned, Lefore this, on page 570-Liquer thymol. 1 in 800 of warm water this saturated neons solution is optiseptic and antipatrefuctive; while in the United States Dispensatory,” nudler Thymol, one reads that
in proportion of 1 to 1,000 115 1"
used for dressing unlicalthy wounds,"
It is ousier now to understand the real- reason why the plant repels mosquitos--con- taining is done in its cil very large a proportion (one-third)" of such a powerful antiseptic as thymol appears to be, mad
highly
Lord Hamilton of Dalzell said he could not enter into a discussion of the morits or demerita of the sight tests. A Departmental Committes the President of the Board of Trade would deal was considering them, and when they reported with the whole matter. This was a scientific and technical matter, and the Commit which was thoroughly representative, would go into it very carefully. He would consult with the President of the Board of Trade upon the question of laying papers on the table.
too:
very well be satisfied that the whole matter was Lord Avebury thought his noble friend might the hands of an excellent Committoo.
The Bishop of Bangor added a few words on the value of a practical test of vision at sea.
The motion was withdrawn.
BARCLAY,
PERKINS'
FAMOUS
the further analysis which I botinen Dr. Gould- LONDON STOUT.
ing purposes to conduct will be hooked forward
to with the greatest interest,
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I trust that the news of this preliminary investigation will, prove as gratifying to Sir George Birdwood and others as it has proved to 3.-, Sic.,
H. D. LARYMORE, Major T. A. (retired), Political Servies, Northern Nigeria. Junior United Service Chib, Charles-street,
S. W.
P.8-Lord Cromer's recent able specchi on insect posts adds the greater interest to my subject.
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