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68.-That was done I suppose with a view of getting rid of the malaria which rises some distance above the ground but not to the height of a storey?
A.-Certainly.
69.-Do you think if the coolies' quarters were raised a storey they would be more likely to be free of fever?
A.-I think they would.
By Dr. Yarr.
70.-Do you think the expression "typho-malarial" would describe this ?
A.—I think if we must find a name for it, that is the best term. Dr. MANSON seems to think it a new type. I think we might call it "typho-malarial.”
By Dr. Manson.
71.-You say it is a malarial fever of a typhoid type?
A. Yes.
72.-Not enteric fever?
A. No, not a specific fever.
73.-That is the later type?
By the Chairman.
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A. Yes.
By Dr. Cantlie.
74.-But would you attach the word "malarial" to both? It was certainly malarial before October, would you use the word with reference to the illness since October?
A.-I don't know.
75.-In your wife's case?
By Dr. Yarr.
A.-My wife never had malarial fever. I cannot call her case malarial.
76. But in the case of the coolies it was malarial?
A. Well I think they all have malarial fever. They all suffer from malarial fever long before they come into one's service.
By Dr. Manson.
77.-I should like a distinct expression from Surgeon-General LEWER as to the type, whether he considers both malarial, or if one malarial, and the other not which is and which is not, and if the latter is not what is it?
A. You refer to the fever that occurred in October? (Dr. MANSON-Yes). Well I can only say-I have not been able to trace it home, you know, but I put it down to the sewer air, that is, the fever my wife suffered from.
78. And the coolies?
A.-Well, at that time I cannot say. I would not be so certain as to my coolies. As you know they get ill and in a few days they go away, and one has not sufficient opportunity of watching them through an attack.
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