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Ross, Major Ronald : The Campaign against Malaria

(London: Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1909)

216 x 140 mm; saddle-stitched booklet, without wrappers, almost certainly as issued; pp. 10. Near fine condition; single staple very slightly rusty. In this important lecture, Ronald Ross provides an overview of early progress in applying his discovery of the connection between Anopheles mosquitos and malaria transmission to the control of the disease. He deals with efforts by the British and American governments, and various colonial powers, both in controlling mosquitos through drainage of the soil and other measures, and in providing medication in malarious areas. Ross laments the apparent indifference to be found in many quarters. Whereas he believes malaria to be beatable, the battle is not with the disease alone. "The immediate success which we had hoped for ten years ago has not been attained. The battle still rages along the whole line; but it is no longer a battle against malaria. Malaria we know, we understand fully, we can beat down when we please. The battle which we are now fighting is against human stupidity. Those of us who have taken part in it - not too numerous - know that it has been. We have written and lectured ad nauseum; we have been interviewed by ministers, members of Parliament and governors; we have appealed to learned societies; we have sought the support of distinguished people, and we have received - sympathy. We have reasoned, and been ridiculed; we have given the most stringent experimental proofs, and been disbelieved; we have protested, and been called charlatans."

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