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Malaria is fought by fighting mosquitoes or by interrupting the plasmodia life-cycle at some point. Men use old-fashioned mosquito nets, oil on mosquito-breeding water, citronella to keep from getting the dangerous mosquito bites. In some parts of India the U.S. Army does not employ native labor lest the mosquitoes pick up plasmodia from their blood. Antimalarial chemicals can kill sexual forms of the protozoa in a patient's blood, prevent a mosquito from carrying his infection to others. No known chemical kills plasmodia in the form mosquitoes deliver to man. Chemicals can get them after they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: No Cure for Malaria | 2/1/1943 | See Source »

...Half blinded by cold sweat, Charles Miller pressed the release on his camera.* The dinosaur reared up on its hind legs, its small forelegs dangling, hissed roaringly, shot its snaky neck in his direction and slithered out of sight. Concluding that his rifle would be "about as useful as citronella," Explorer Miller fled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Festive Vertebrae | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

...Citronella...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Swamp Eagles | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

Brooklyn, N. Y., makes attar of roses; Bulgaria suffers. Flushing, N.Y., makes citronella; to Java's detriment. Newark, N. J., makes vanillin against vanilla from Seychelle, Mexico and Reunion.† New Jersey ivroid harms African ivory, its bakelite, Central American mahogany. Delaware makes amber (East Prussian commodity) substitute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Chemists & Commerce | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

ITEMS IMPORTED VALUE Golf Balls $1,000,000 Pipes and Smoker Doodads 2,000,000 Caviar 305,954 Lobster, Canned 2,464,208 Citronella...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Business Notes, Aug. 30, 1926 | 8/30/1926 | See Source »

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