The Montana State Board Of Entomology

Author : Montana State Board of Entomology
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ISBN 13 : 9781332104697
Total Pages : 52 pages
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Download or read book The Montana State Board of Entomology written by Montana State Board of Entomology and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Montana State Board of Entomology: Ninth Biennial Report, 1931 1932 My dear Sir: The Montana State Board of Entomology was created by an act of the legislature in 1913. The primary purpose of this board was to study Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other aracnid and insect-borne diseases of man and animals within the State of Montana, and to carry out any methods for the suppression of such diseases as might seem advisable. In eight previous biennial reports the work and accomplishments on spotted fever have been recorded. These reports constitute an important series of scientific documents and have been preserved in the important libraries of the world. This may seem to be an unwarranted use of public money. However, in this regard it should be remembered that no less than seven organizations (The American Medical Association, Harvard University, The Institute of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller Foundation, The University of Chicago, The University of Minnesota, and The University of Paris) with no particular interest in Montana have devoted both money and personnel toward the investigation of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Progress has been attained through the cooperation and research efforts of the above named private institutions and many other public ones. It is, therefore, only fitting and proper that these reports be published. Science has no political boundaries and especially in the matter of public hygiene, the one human endeavor on which all countries of the world can unite with truly mutual benefit, can scientific intercourse be most advantageously promulgated. From 1913 to 1932 the Board of Entomology supported both control and investigational work in regard to ticks and spotted fever in the Bitter Root Valley. In 1914 the disease spread to some eastern Montana counties and during 1916 and 1917 investigational studies were also carried on by the board in Powder River and Musselshell Counties. By 1920 the situation in regard to the disease became so acute that the board realized that either the state must enter into a more fundamental study of the whole proposition or seek some federal agency which would. Failing in an attempt to obtain greater support from the 1921 legislature, an appeal was made to the U.S. Public Health Service. Accordingly, in 1921 that organization began the most exhaustive study of spotted fever yet undertaken. Its most outstanding accomplishment has been the perfection of a prophylactic vaccine which has done more to allay the fear of ticks and spotted fever than all other accomplishments in the study of the disease combined. By 1930 it was very apparent that Rocky Mountain spotted fever was a national problem. The state laboratory at Hamilton, space in which had been rented to the U.S. Public Health Service, was taxed to capacity, incident to the production of vaccine for many other states besides Montana. After the necessary preliminary discussions with the federal health authorities, the State Board of Entomology recommended to the state legislature and the State Board of Examiners that the state sell its laboratory to the federal government. 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.