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969, June 22, 1912, p. 1445. Refers to work of Kinghorn and Yorke which showed 

 that the wild game of Northern Rhodesia harbored T. rhodesiense which is closely 

 related to T. gambiense, possible only a strain of the latter. It is carried by G. mor- 

 sitans. Discusses the possibility of destroying the game or the flies, both of which 

 seem impracticable but which as yet are the most feasible things suggested for making 

 the infected regions safe. 



Reports of the sleeping sickness Commission of the Royal Society. No. 12, 1912, 

 H. M. Stationery Office. Sixteen articles on the results of work of this commission. 



The transmission of trypanosomes. Sip. Sick. Bull., No. 35, March 7, 1912, pp. 

 117-118. Considerable evidence which indicates that they may be transmitted by 

 Tabanus, Hoematopota, Stomoxys, Pangonia and Lyperosia. 



Rats, Squirrels, Fleas, Plague 



Blue, Rupert. Anti-rat ordinances of San Francisco, Cal. Pub. Health Rpts. 

 Vol. 27, No. 33, August 16, 1912, pp. 1319-1329. Texts of various ordinances. 



Braddock, C. S. (Jr.). Bubonic plague seen at close range in the far East. Some 

 random notes. N. Y. Med. Jour. Vol. 96, No. 9, August 31, 1912, pp. 419-420. 

 Infected rat fleas passed to dogs and thence to children causing many deaths. 



Von Edzdorf, R. H. The occurrence of plague in Habana and the measures 

 adopted for its contrdl and eradication. IT. S. Pub. Health Rep. Vol. 27, No. 42, 

 October 18, 1912, pp. 1697-1702. A slight outbreak of plague between July and 

 September, 1912, was controlled by strict quarantine and a well organized fight against 

 rats. 



Fox, C. Some common Siphonaptera of Philippine Islands. Phil. Jour. Sci. 

 7, No. 2, April, 1912. 



GuiTERAs, Juan. Three cases of bubonic plague in Havana. Jour. Amer. Med. 

 Assn. Vol. 59, No. 20, November 16, 1912, pp. 1780-1784. Points out the advantage 

 of letting the public know the true condition of affairs, then their help can be 

 depended upon. 



King, Howard D. Plague — the menace of the United States of America. Jour. 

 Amer. Med. Assn. Vol. 59, July 17, 1912, pp. 237-242. Points out the present danger 

 and the part that rats and other rodents might take in the introduction of plague 

 from some of our southern neighbors. 



Long, Jno. D. A squirrel destructor. An efficient and economical method of 

 •destrojdng ground squirrels. U. S. Pub. Health Rep. Vol. 27, No. 39, September 27, 

 1912, pp. 1594-1596. Carbon bisulphide vapor is pumped into the hole by a speci- 

 ally devised pump. 



McCoy, Geo. W. and Chapin, Chas. W. Studies of plague, a plague-like disease, 

 and tuberculosis among rodents in California. Pub. Health Bui. No. 53, January, 

 1912, pp. 1-25. Six papers dealing with these subjects are brought together in this 

 bulletin. 



McCoy, Geo. W. Notes on the bionomics. of rats and ground squirrels. Pub. 

 Health Rpts. Vol. 27, No. 27, July 5, 1912, pp. 1068-1072. Breeding and feeding 

 in captivity. 



McCoy, G. W. and Chapin, C. W. Further observations on a plague-like dis- 

 ease of rodents with a preliminary note on the causative agent, Bacterium iularense. 

 Jour. Infec. Dis. 10, No. 1, January, 1912. Have demonstrated that fleas may trans- 

 mit the disease among squirrels. 



NicoLL, William. On the length of life of rat flea apart from its host. Brit. Med. 

 Jour. October 12-26, 1912, pp. 926-928, 1097-1098. Average length of life of C. 



