Dr. Rudolf Battara operation in Nin in 1902. the first systematic battle attempt against malaria in Croatia

Otkrice uzrocnika malarije (Laveran, 1880) i nacina prenošenja te bolesti (Ross i Grassi, 1898) otvorilo je nove perspektive u sprjecavanju malarije. Mladi je zadarski lijecnik Rudolf Battara god. 1902. u Ninu, gradicu jako pogodenom malarijom, proveo prvi kontrolirani terenski pokus medikamentne profilakse kininom citavog pucanstva Akcija se pokazala uspješnom i sljedecih je godina provodena i u drugim mjestima Dalmacije. Uz to su poduzeti opsežni asanacijski radovi na regulaciji rijeka i isušivanju mocvara, no nije se dovoljna pozornost posvetila malim asanacijama (isušivanju lokava i sanaciji bunara i cisterni).The discovery of the agent causing malaria (Laveran, 1880) and of the mode of transfer of this disease (Ross and Grassi, 1898) opened up new perspectives and paths concerning its control. A young physician from Zadar, Rudolf Battara, carried out a field study in 1902 in Nin, a small Dalmatian town heavily stricken by malaria, in the attempt to eradicate the disease from the region by applying a prophylactic medicamentous treatment to the general population. In the following years the action spread almost through every part of Dalmatia