Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 81
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[Page 81]
It seemed to me that there wanted more organization in his department – He told me microscope work wd take 7 hours a day – He's a good man I could see but in this climate – you want much help – You want organizers & clinicians & then behind them you want the bacteriological staff – to do nothing else but blood work – Malaria is a disease of man – the worst & commonest in the tropics – transmitted from man to man – by the Mosquito – no mosquito – no malaria – not every mosquito gives malaria – The genus Anopheles is the one – The cause of the disease is an animal parasite, that lives – part of its life – in the mosquito & - part – in the red blood corpuscles of man – He ruins & destroys red blood cells & everything else goes to ruin – as a natural sequence in the body –
The blood of every single case has to be examined & on that exam is based all the treatment –