January 14, 1954 (vol. 64, iss. 82) • Page Image 6
…PAGE six THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JANUAP.Y 14, 1954 i MOLLUSKS MUST GO: U' Prof. Tackles Egypt's Snail Menace By MARGE PIERCY Prof. Henry van der Schalie of the zoology department has recent- ly returned from Egypt's Nile Ba- sin, where he is heading the World Health Organization fight against a disease carried by snails living in drainage ditches. This disease, schistosomiasis or bilharziasis, as it is,variously call- ed, afflicts 6...…