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fasciatus apart from its host is under 7 days. Larval and pupal stages may be pro- 

 longed for several months under certain conditions. 



Preble, Paul. The tarbagan (Arctomys bobac) and plague. Pub. Health Rep. 

 Vol. 27, No. 2, January f2, 1912, pp. 31-39. Notes on the habits and diseases of 

 this animal and its possible relation to plague in humans. 



RoDiER, . The rat problem. Letter in Jour. Trop. Med. & Hyg. Vol. 15, 



July 1, 1912, pp. 205-207. Discusses the Rodier method of rat extermination which 

 is as follows: catch as many rats as possible alive, kill the females, turn males loose 

 alive. After awhile the males will become more numerous than the females and by 

 worrying the females and killing the young they will destroy all that is left and then 

 die of old age. As long as the rats are polygamous they will increase, but they will 

 decrease when they become polyandrous. 



RucKER, Wm. Colby . The eradiction and prevention of bubonic plague. Pub. 

 Health Rpts. Vol. 27, No. 29, July 19, 1912, pp. 1130-1142. A good summing up of 

 the preventive and protective measures. 



RucKER, W. C. The necessity of rodent extermination in American seaports. 

 Jour. Amer. Med. Assn. Vol. 59, July 27, 1912, pp. 243-244. Danger from these 

 pests and methods of exterminating them, trapping, ratproofing of buildings; cutting 

 off food supply; poisoning. 



RucKER, W. C. How to poison rats. V. S. Pub. Health Rep. Vol. 27, No. 32, 

 August 9, 1912, pp. 1267-1268. A glucose paste containing 4 per cent phosphorous 

 is spread on all sides of small pieces of stale bread and placed in rat holes. 



Sargent, E. and E., L'Hj:ritier, A. and Lemaire, G. Transmission of Leish- 

 mania from dog to dog by Pulex serraticeps. Bui. Soc. Path. Exot. No. 5 (1912), 

 No. 8, pp. 595-597. Experiments gave positive results. 



Strong, R. P. and Teague, O. Susceptibility of animals to pneumonic plague. 

 Phil. Jour. Sci. Sec. B. (Phil. Jour. Trop. Med.) Vol. 7, No. 3, June, 1912, pp. 223- 

 228. Marmots and tarbagans inoculated with pneumonic strain of plague develop 

 the bubonic tj^je. The latter harbors a flea which bites man. 



Strong, R. P. Studies on pneumonic plague immunization. I. Introduction. 

 The expedition to Manchuria and the conditions under which the work was performed 

 there. Phil. Jour. Sci. Sec. B. (Phil. Jour. Trop. Med.) Vol. 7, No. 3, June, 1912, pp. 

 131-136. 



Swellengrebel, N. H. Contribution to the knowledge of the biology of Euro- 

 pean rat fleas {Ceratophyllus fasciatus). Arch. Schiffs. u. Tropen. Hyg., 16 (1912), 

 No. 6, pp. 169-182. Distribution in Amsterdam, feeding experiments, etc. 



TiDSWELL, Frank. Researches on plague. Second Rep. Gov. Bur. Microbiol. 

 N. S. Wales, September, 1912, pp. 39-43. Includes list of ectoparasites collected 

 from rodents, notes on fleas, etc. 



DE VoGEL, W. T. The connection between man and rat in the plague epidemic in 

 Melang, Java, in 1911. Far East Assn. Trop. Med.; Trans. 2nd Bien. Cong, held at 

 Hongkong, 1912, pp. 147-149. 



Warren, E. W. The relation of the rat to the public health. South. Med. Jour. 

 Vol. 5, No. 7, August, 1912, pp. 500-502. 



Sixth report on plague investigations in India. Issued b}' the advisory committee 

 Jour. Hyg. & Plague, Sup. 1. (Vol. 11, December, 1911), pub. 1912, 206 pp. Among 

 other articles some of which deal with the method or spread of the disease is an " Epi- 

 tome of some recent observations on rat fleas." 



Report of the international plague conference held at Mukden, 1911. Man. Bur. 

 of Printing, 1912, 483 pp. 



Plague and its relation to maritime quarantine. Pub. Health Rpts. Vol. 27, No. 



