380 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 6 



50, December 13, 1912, pp. 2074-2076. Tells of the campaigns of education in 

 regard to this subject. 



March of the black death to the United States. Cur. Lit. 53; October 1912, pp. 

 426-428. How the plague is being fought. 



The steady advance of the plague. Editorial Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., Vol. 59, 

 July 27, 1912, pp. 278-279. Plague now in Trinidad, Porto Rico and Cuba. Danger 

 from Pacific Coast. Need of the public being thoroughly awake to the dangers. 



The plague situation. Editorial Jour. Amer. Med. Assn. August 3, 1912, Vol. 59, 

 No. 5, pp. 374-375. Review of present pandemic beginning in 1894. Now encircles 

 the globe. Cuba last to be infected. Danger of it appearing in the southern United 

 States. 



The plague situation. Pub. Health Rpt. Vol. 27, No. 36, September 6, 1912, p. 

 1463. Names places where plague exists at present. 



The plague situation. Pub. Health Rpts. Vol. 27, No. 35, August 30, 1912, pp. 

 1409-1410. Restrictions on pa.ssenger traffic from Cuba waived because of no plague 

 cases since July 27. 



The rat as a source of economic and health waste. Jour. Amer. Med. Assn. V. 

 59, No. 7, August 17, 1912, p. 518. Points out the great waste caused by rats and 

 the danger in allowing them to multiply. Suggests that individual property owners 

 be made to keep their premises free. 



Rat extermination a public duty. Editorial Jour. Amer. Med. Assn. Vol. LIX, 

 July 27, 1912, pp. 279-280. The need for action in face of the present danger. 



Anti-rat ordinance of Seattle, Washington. Pub. Health Rpts. Vol. 27, No. 34, 

 August 23, 1912, pp. 1373-1374. Text of ordinance. 



Anti-rat ordinance of Oakland, Cal. Pub. Health Rpts. Vol. 27, No. 34 August 

 23, 1912, pp. 1371-1373. Text of ordinance. 



Spotted Fever 



BiRDSEYE, C. Some common mammals of Western Montana in relation to agri- 

 culture and spotted fever. Farm. Bull. 484, March, 1912. Notes on species and 

 habits and methods of destroying: relation to the fever. 



BiRDSEYE Clarence. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rodents and ticks. 

 Note in Amer. Jour. Pub. Health 1912, H, No. 3, p. 219. Refers to Farmers Bull. 

 484 U. S. Dept. Agric. 



McClintic, Thos. B. Investigations of, and tick eradication in Rocky Mountain 

 spotted fever. Pub. Health Rep. Vol. 27, No. 20, May 17, 1912, pp. 732-756. A 

 detailed record of field and laboratory investigations. Dipping domestic stock, 

 destruction of wild mammals and the clearing and burning over of land are recom- 

 mended. 



Reed, A. C. Spotted fever. Hero of peace. Outlook, 102; September 28, 1912, 

 pp. 178-179. Notes on spotted fever and the life of Dr. T. B. McClintic who died 

 of the fever contracted while studying it. 



RucKER, W. C. Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Pub. Health & Mar. Hos. 

 Serv. U. S., Pub. Health Rpts. 27 (1912), No. 36, pp. 1465-1482. A summarized 

 account; bibliography. 



Another martyr to scientific medicine. Jour. Amer. Med- Assn. 59, No. 7. Au- 

 gust 17, 1912, p. 550. Dr. T. B. McClintic of the U. S. Pub. Health Serv. died 

 in Washington August 13, 1912, of Rocky Mountain spotted fever contracted while 

 investigating the disease in Montana He was regarded as the leading authority 

 on this disease. 



