Lazear told us, however, that while at 'Las Animas' Hospital

the previous Thursday (five days before), as he was holding a
test-tube with a mosquito upon a man"s abdomen, some other
insect which was flying about the room rested upon his hand; at
first, he said, he was tempted to frighten it away, but, as it
had settled before he had time to notice it, he decided to let
it fill and then capture it; besides, he did not want to move
in fear of disturbing the insect contained in his tube, which
was feeding voraciously
Lazear told us, however, that while at 'Las Animas' Hospital
the previous Thursday (five days before), as he was holding a
test-tube with a mosquito upon a man"s abdomen, some other
insect which was flying about the room rested upon his hand; at
first, he said, he was tempted to frighten it away, but, as it
had settled before he had time to notice it, he decided to let
it fill and then capture it; besides, he did not want to move
in fear of disturbing the insect contained in his tube, which
was feeding voraciously. Before Lazear could prevent it, the
mosquito that bit him on the hand had flown away. He told us in
his lucid moments, that, although Carroll"s and Dean"s cases
had convinced him of the mosquito"s role in transmitting yellow
fever, the fact that no infection had resulted from his own
inoculation the month before had led him to believe himself, to
a certain extent, immune.


title=General Field Guide by Randy Acker