CHAPTER VIII

MOSQUITOES AND YELLOW FEVER 120

A disease of tropical or semi-tropical countries, 120; outbreaks in the United States, 120; parasite that causes the disease not known, 121; formerly regarded as a contagious disease, 122; _The yellow fever commission_, 123; Dr. Finlay's claim, 124; experiments made by the commission, 125; summary of results, 129; what it means, 130; _results in Havana_, 131; _the fight in New Orleans_, 132; _In the Panama canal zone_, 135; _in Rio de Janeiro_, 136; claims of the French commission, 138; _habits of stegomyia_, 139; breeding habits, 139; possible results of war against the mosquitoes, 139; Danger of this disease in the Pacific Islands, 140.