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Show M FLY CAUSES BLD0DPOISaHBSaB Such la Theory Back of In-vestigation In-vestigation Proposed by Health Officials. "It' th,' tletT i!ifS ,.u, 1 . ,.k, , l.-sm thru- t'.vt in.,1 brusli ll.iv treth w.uil.l u sulvi- Hi,- problem?" 'l'hiM tpieMion mi ,iske,l f l)r. '', H. Itfiitly, se.-reutiy !' the tjit,. bteinl f liettll!, vester.hu. lieioroiieo was 11: to the oinbreal; reeentlv i Hv Khler ''"" "f the N,,let tvpe f bUuul is l.elieve.l u, originate I iron, itu'eetieu int ,0,luee,l into the blood ot the lietim llirooah the bite of last v,.r. I he ,,lvo ,.!, ,;,.,,,, to develop,,! tunoM when wild ritbbits are dvuu; ,r!n ,,, ort ,,is app.Hivonv a.soeittted with the develop, meot oi aleesses. Whether or not there is anv eoiuieetion between the at'llietin,, ot tiio rabbits and the inieetion of hie minis is a .speenlation. IV. Ueatty appealed last vear to the departinent ol pnhlie .. of the Lmted Mates to send a man to Vtah to determine the oatholtrnv of the stiatn-e oisorder wh.ei. has la a tew inslaines resulted fatally. II,. reiterated reiterat-ed the appeal upon rwotviiig reports of the reeent appearanee of the disorder in im- hlder eeonty. The quest ion as to fntorein.j; proper saniiarv habits on the part ot the deer rties. now under suspicion sus-picion f oaiTvin,, the infeetion. was asked ot Pr. Reattv ve.stertlav after he :i,t explained something; of tho nature ot the problem. The doetor refused to answer the question tor publication. However the reporter s,i,mM tho impression that if the deer rty is reallv respons-ible for transmission of the inieetion the proposition pro-position of having biru trained to oral and pedal tneka of sanitation miht Sta"U v rest 01' theorv. thoui;h it would be- hopeless as a practice. Also the doctor says that a case hasn't been made against the tiv as vet. The disorder dis-order yields to the usual 'treatment for bad cases of blood poisoninc. thoio-h m most instances the duration of the disorder is several weeks and the rn-tient rn-tient suffer) hiirh fever, together with the formiiij of ahseesses at the place of the stine of" the flv au.l in the lvmpha-tic lvmpha-tic glands near. Dr. Rentty has also reruested that the federal health authorities send a man to Utah to investigate means of preventinir the spread of tick fever which is now being fought bv federal experts in Idaho. One method is to range sheep in the locaJitv where the lever has been prevalent.' The sheep pick up the ticks in their wool ami then the animals are dipped to kill the mteetiou carriers. |