Show BITE Is conclusively proved to cause yellow fever havana jan 10 the american commission under the of dr heed which abas been making examination at Que medos as to the propagation of yellow fever germs by the mosquito has obtained extremely satisfactory results dr reed says the experiments show beyond a doubt that there Is no contagion from an infected person or from infected clothing but that the mosquitoes alone are responsible for the spread of the disease in the course of the commissions investigation elx non immune persons were infected direct by tho bite of a mosquito which had previously bitten yellow fever patients and five ct these developed infection fec tion the last experiment made proved conclusively dr reed contends the theory of propagation by special building was constructed of disinfected dis infected material and one of the rooms divided into two sections by a wire mosquito screen in one section were placed disinfected dis bedding and clothing and in the other bedding and clothing from the yellow fever hospital which had not been dis infected two non occupied the two sections in the former were put several infected mosquitoes the patient remained in this room only long enough to be bitten and in four days a pronounced case of yellow fever developed the patient is now convalescent the other slept in the infected bed for many nights and lias not contracted the fever both patients have been sleeping for twenty nights in the garments worn by yellow fever victims and in bedding from the yellow fever hospital dr reed says that they are growing tat and that la no instance in the course of the commissions investigations has a case of yellow fever developed from exposure from infected bedding or clothing |