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well known mariner, died last night at his home in

this city. As master of the brig James B., George

on a voyage to the West Indies in the early 50's

he discovered the island of Navassa, rich in guano

GEPOsits,

‘He was subsequently appointed first governor of

the island. The discovery precipitated bad feeling

te:ween Hayti and this country and Captain Fra

zier was protected bv a United States warship.

THE PASSING THRONG.

That the disappearance of yellow fever from

Cuba Is the result not of killing off the mosquitoes,

as some authorities have main

SANITARY tained, but of the excellent hy

MEASURES gianic conditions established by the

BANISHED Americans who took possession of

YELLOW Cuba, is the opinion of Dr. A. M.

FEVER. Fernandez Ybarra. Dr. Ybarra,

who, incidentally, was at Harvard

when President Roosevelt was thére served all

‘through the Cuban war and was in charge of the

‘yellow fever wards at the Siboney Military Hospi

tal. “I was preatly interested when the theory ‘mos

quito stegomyvia faseciata’ came up,” said he the

other day, ‘but those experiments were wrong. ln

the first place. the house where they were held was

small—a hothouse, so to speak. It was out in the

country, away from the sea air, which is favorable

to the acquiring of yellow fever. Some of those on

whom the experiments were made were progany

immunes, and then they didn't remain all dey in

the house, but went away during the day. Then,

too, they were strongly nourished. One argument

against the theory that mosquitoes are the only

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1903). New York [N.Y.], 1903-07-13. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1903-07-13/ed-1/?sp=7

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1903-07-13.