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Excerpt from Malaria, and Its Effects In 1866, Prof. J. H. Salisbury, of Cleveland, Ohio, put forth a paper worthy of note on the cause of intermittent fever. In this paper, Prof. S. Claims to have discovered that this fever is the re sult of introducing into the system, germs or spores emanating from the lowest known vegetable organism. It is now thirteen years since Dr. Salisbury advanced this theory, which is apparently con sistent with some well known facts relating to the cause of the dis ease above referred to; yet, his observations have not been con firmed by other authorities, equally as able and searching as him self, and the validity of the theory above adverted to is not gener ally recognized at the present time. While the cryptogamic theory of malaria has many able advocates; yet, I am constrained to ex press a conviction that the germ theory cannot be demonstrated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.