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THE

SCOURGE OF THE

TROPICS.

How To OVERCOME THE RAVAGES OF THE MALARIA PARASITE.

"A Golden Statue should bo orected to the diecovoren of a means of banishing Malaria from the Tropics,"

In those striking words, a short time ago, distinguished man once again drew attention to a subject whose importance, as every resident in the Tropics is only-tou-well-aware, it is impos: sible to araggorata:

Cireat as are the strides preventiva medicine makes every year, so long a time must uecessarily elapse before Malaria can ho banished from the land that it is destined to affect untold million, of liis Majesty's subjects with its aente rigors, ́and its pernicious after effects for many yours to come, and to cause fatalition likewise reaching millions every year.

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY,

THE ELECTRIC RABONETER.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 1910.

In the novel barometer of P. B. Goldschmidt, as described to the Royal Medical Socisty of Brussels, the readings are taken from a gal- vanometer, giving inch greater sensitiveness and accuracy than the ordinary instrument A minuto Vsliaped carbon filament is sealed in the vacuum at the top of the ordinary bar. gatetor, and by platinum wires is connected in cireuit with a sensitive galvanometer and a few battery colle giving a constant varroat, The rise of the mercury in the tubo cubmergos the flanzout to a degree that is promptly in dicated by the galvanometer. The apparatus records changes of less than 004 of an inch, and the gafranometer scale is so graduated as to give the baremotrio pressures without calou- lution. The sensitiveness has led to the dis. covery that the atmospheric pressure is changing from seam to second, indicating that great sir

As everyone knows, Malaria is due to a parabillows a constantly passing over us. aite which feeds on the Homoglobin or active substance of the red blood corpuseler, dostroying it and them until the blood becomes poor, and the patiout saffers from Augmía. Unless this destruction is checked, the condition degenerates into what is called Cachexia, un impairment of the vitality of the tissues of the nervous, mus cular, mental, circulatory digistive, respiratory and other systems of the body. For this reason, the patient sullers from a long list of nervous, montal and physical symptoms, like loss of memory, impairment of the vision, depression of the spirits, jusotunia, lassitude and oror increasing weakness.

Happily, all these depressing conditions can be banished by the use of Sanniogan, which is as potent a remedy for them as quinine is in com. the rigors prodstood by the early attacks bading of the Maleria parasite.

Sanutagen is a chemical combination of glycero-phosphate of alium, the active principle of the nervous system, with milk proteid, the great body-building element of milk. Thus combined, they forta a substance which is readi soluble in water, and easily assimilated that

it is:

tord within an hour after it has been its remarkablo power in Malaria, tribute has bent pusid by a large number of physicians with a wide experience of the ravages of this scourge of the Tropics.

wer thew recovery to?

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STEEL STRENGTHENED BY MONETISM.

That agnetism affects the strength of iron sud stool seems to have been proven by W. J Crawford at the Technical Institute of Belfast, Ireland, He used bars of wild steel and Wronght iron 6 inches long by 3/5 to 1 inch in diameter, part of them being kept at magnetic saturation in a solenoid, and in the tasting

nobine the elongation of the magnetized pievos was decreased 3 to 16 per cent., while the average breaking load scensed to be increased.

NATURE'S PLANTING.

On April 26, 1883, the island of Krakatoa, One of the leading physicians in the whole of the United Provinces of India says I have in the Strait of Sanda between Java and much pleasure in certifying to the valus of Sumates, was the some of a volcanic eruption, Sanatogu in cases of Malarm, Enteric Fever, and half of the island was blown away in the Dysentory, and other exhausting diseases. In no single instanen have I been disappointed with greatest explosion known to man. The surfnes its results. I can honestly affirm that many of was changed from a beautiful tropical forest to

worst cases owed my

ry to Suntugon a waste of volcanic ash and panico destitute I cannot speak to

of its Similar statements might be multiplied inde. of all life. The island is 12 miles from the finitely, for thousands of letters testifying to the nearest land and 22 from the nearest point of best Malaria sufferers have derived from Sumatra, the most probable source of seeds, but Saautogen have been written by grateful patients in the quarter of a century that has elapsed as well as by

their

physing and recon. Natur Los restored a hirisat, vegetation,} Sanatagon's power in

I is shown by the following including trees 50 foot tall. The return of the stituting the blood in can selected from hundreds which have been plants Las been a matter of such importause in the medical pros-A woman and interest to botanists thut its story is given reported suffering from Aummin had lost weight, and in a new book by Prof. A. Erast. Wind-blown was so work that she sufferal from profuse sweating at night, and had to take to her bed, spores seem to have begun the work, und in She had only 3,800,000 rel I corpuscles per cubic 1886 the surface had become largely covered millimetre, with 48 per cent. of hensoglobin. with blue-green algae, which were preparing

fortnight and in She was given fan lor in rusul ta 4.000,00 a soil in which a fow ferns and grasses had her can millimetre, the hemoglobin had risen already taken root, while foxering plants from to 52 por seat the sweating hul stopped, she sea-borne seeds had began to appear on was able to leave her bot and developed-co-mach-The shore. In 1897 the species had-increased energy that she returned home and resumed her

to 53 soed-plants and 12 higher orgpto- domestic duties without any diffeulty.

portions of the as great an action in Dysentery game, Sanatogon has as

*l,

per cubio

"hus

ground being as it has in Malaria, while for tla prdinary covered with green. Since then the progress lassitude and inck of tone incidental to life in has been marvellous, and the south side the Tropios it is unsurpassed.

mass of green. His Highness the Maharajak Bahadur of of the island is mostly a

dorived great benefit with fruit and seeds of land-plouts on the Darbhanga states h from Sanategen," which he further characterises beach, a forest of coconut palmas, screw-pines

a good thing," as "really

The Honourable Mr. Instion Robertson, Judge and age further inlaud, and a jungle of grasses. reeds and viues beyond the forest. It is estim Supreme Court, Lahore, Punjab, states:- y exbio took it for some weeks during have been brought by sea-currents, 10 to 19 by experience with Sealogen has been very ated that 39 to 72 per cent, of the sood-plante favourable, L

ost trying season of the year. Jnas, Jaly; birds, and 16 to 30 by winds the most

Lahore, and found it August.

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