CHANCE FOR FORTUNE
'Fame Also to Man Who Cures Measles and Mumps.
Uncle Sam's Army and Navy Surgeons Dread Measles More Than Any Other Disease.
Washington. — Fame and fortune await the man who can trace to its source that periodical bugbear of the army and navy—the measles and lumps epidemic.
For some unknown reason, when ever troops are concentrated, either in large camps or on board ship, one of the first diseases to make its appearance is the measles, and this disease which most of us place in the category of childhood lies, is one of the most dreaded by army surgeons.
Symptoms of the disease appearing in any of the men is the signal for the immediate quarantining of the soldier's company and the barracks where he is located. Fumigation of the barracks then follows and every precaution is taken to prevent an epidemic.
An after-effect of measles, greatly feared by army surgeons, is the development of pneumonia, and it has been found that the fatalities among mature persons are much greater than with children. The pneumonia result has been more prevalent in the cantonments located in the southern states.
Generally speaking, surgeons look for mumps at about the time that measles appear, and are rarely disappointed. The fatalities through mumps do not begin to reach the number of those by measles, but the same rigid quarantine is observed in both cases.
For many years the best surgeons in the army have been working on theories that would eradicate the source of these diseases, but they have to  Admit that they are now no nearer a solution than ever before. 