RT Journal
T1 ETiology of malaria.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1899
FD October 14
VO XXXIII
IS 16
SP 986
OP 987
DO 10.1001/jama.1899.02450680054006
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.02450680054006
AB The originality which Koch has displayed in most of his previous work is again shown in his official report1 on his studies of malaria at Grosseto. We learn from this report that he has been working at Grosseto in Tuscany, Italy, in conjunction with Professor Trosch and Dr. Ollwig, during the past summer season. This town is notorious for the prevalence of malaria during the hot season, which induces thousands of the inhabitants to leave it during the summer. Researches in the large public hospitals, as well as in the private practice of the sanitary officer, Dr. Pizzeti, showed that prior to June 23 there were relatively a small number of fever cases, and that these were invariably relapses of infections dating back to previous summers. After this date, however, new infections occurred in such numbers that the term "epidemic" could be used. The diagnosis was based on the