Caius was successful in this, that, in proportion to the number ofpeople who were taken ill, the death-rate was only one third of what ithad been before he came. He and his fellow-workers were successful alsoin a more radical way, for about the end of January it was suddenlyobserved among them that there were no new cases of illness. The ill andthe weak gradually recovered. In a few more weeks the Angels of Deathand Disease retired from the field, and the island was not depopulated.Whether another outbreak might or might not occur they could not tell;but knowing the thoroughness of the work which they had done, they wereready to hope that the victory was complete. Gradually their workceased, for there was no one in all the happy island who needed nursingor medical attendance. Caius found[Pg 168] then how wonderfully free the placewas from all those ailments which ordinarily beset humanity.
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