Manti Messenger | 1949-09-23 | Page 7 | Malaria Still Regarded Greatest 'Mass' Killer

Malaria Still Regarded Greatest Mass Killer Although malaria mankind's greatest killer no longer claims its toll among the worlds world's great as asit asit asit it did before discovery of quinine the disease still remains the most important in the world from the st standpoint of or preva prevalence ence The yearlY number 01 OI cases throughout the world is estimated at million with 3 million deaths Even in the United States between between between be be- tween one and five million cases occur annually with an estimated 1200 deaths By claiming such figures as Alexander the Great Lord Byron Oliver Cromwell King James I of England and a dozen or more popes among its victims malaria through the ages has enormously influenced world history