Volume :

2

Issue :

4

Abstract :

This is a story of bringing together a tiny roundworm to eat the entire family of growing mosquitoes and their children in all the bushes, near our abode.. It is a problem worrying the human race for thousands of years and has never been solved. As the Principal of a medical college, one day I invited a learned Professor of Zoology of a nearby college to discuss with me how we could initiate a research work on the control of mosquitoes with psychedelic or drug LSD added to their food in captivity. He gladly dropped in my office for this particular subject when I told him that an assistant professor of mine has successfully killed hundreds of large garden rats with molasses- balls and Magnesium sulphate ( a severe Purgative) laced with tasty cheese that killed them with severe diarrhea and dehydration. My friend heard all this story and suggested that he had a better idea than all those carried out world-wide in the past, but for want of money and helping men he never could initiate and carry out this research work. He advised me to apply to Indian Council of Medical Research for a financial grant. So we jointly prepared a scheme and sent it to Delhi, I.C.M.R., Director for a suitable grant when I was convinced that his idea was an extra-ordinary one never thought of by any one.