(Newspapers are reporting that with cases of yellow fever on board a steamer coming from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul, the former mosquito-killer brigade service was partially restored.)
Mosquito killer: “What!… Are you here again?!”
Yellow fever: “I’m just passing through, to kill… I miss you… But if you want, I can do you a favor…”
Mosquito killer: “A favor!… What?…”
Yellow fever: “Staying in Rio de Janeiro for a while, in order to give you and your companions a farewell to the brigade… The health authorities only remember me when I am present, and after all you also need to kill… hunger! I have a good heart and I can come here from time to time to keep the “sacred fire” of prevention!…”
(O Malho, Rio de Janeiro, 1912)
Sic Transit Pestilentia 