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Breeding Places for Flies as Nuisances; Disposal of Wastes in a Non-sewered 

 Town. Jour. Amer. Med. Assn. Sept. 23, 1911, p. 1076. Questions in regard to 

 the above are answered and references are given. 



A Campaign Against Flies. Nature Study Review. Jan. 1911. Tells how an 

 Illinois town carried on a campaign of education in fighting this pest. 



Myiasis 



Banks, N. The Structure of Certain Dipterous larva; with particular reference 

 to those in Human Foods. U. S. Dept. Agric. Bu. of Ento. Tech. ser. 22, 1911. 

 Descriptions of larva; occurring in human foods and thus apt to occur more or less 

 commonly in the alimentary canal. 



Pellagra 



Beall, K. H. The Etiology of Pellagra. Jour. Amer. Med. Assn. LVII No. 21 

 Nov. IS, 1911. Refers to cases of pellagra many miles from streams, considers this 

 evidence against Sambon's theory that it is transmitted by Sirnxdium. 



Caccini, A. Pellagra as we see it in Italy: Old and New Theories: Report of 

 Cases seen in New York City. Med. Record Mar. 1911. Regards Sambon's 

 theory as a mere suggestion rather than a theory. 



Carletti, M. V. Sandfly transmission of Pellagra. Gazetta degli Ospedali e delle 

 Cliniche, Milan. May 28, 1911 XXXII No. 64. Criticises Sambon's theory in 

 regard to likeness to syphilis, Kala azar and other protozoan diseases. Also his 

 experimental evidence that the sandflies are responsible. Believes that the parasitic 

 theory has much in its favor and that inoculating experiments should be made. 

 Sambon has not been able to isolate the parasite and assumes that it is ultramicro- 

 scopic. 



Johannsen, O. A. Simuhum and Pellagra. Bull. 187 Me. Agric. Exp. Sta. Jan. 

 1911. Notes Sambon's theory, habits of larvae of Simuhum, distribution of S. 

 reptans in western hemisphere (recorded only from Greenland) : notes Alessandrini's 

 theory in regard to drinking water as opposed to Sambon's theory. 



Roberts, S. R. Sambon's New Theorj' of Pellagra and its Application to Condi- 

 tions in Georgia. Jour. Amer. Med. Assn. June 10, 1911. Presents evidence in 

 support of this theorj'. Conditions in Georgia similar to those in Italy. 



Thorington, C. ]\Iosquito and Pellagra. Va. Med. Semi-monthly July 21, 1911. 



Thorington, C. Etiology of Pellagra. New Orleans Med. & Surg. Jour. Sept. 

 1911. Suggests that mosquitoes are probable factors in the conveyance of this 

 disease. 



Wall, F. Sand-fly fever in Chitral. Indian Med. Gazette, Feb. 1911. 



Recent Pellagra Investigations by the British Pellagra Commission. Jour. Trop. 

 yied. and Hyg. Dec. 15, 1911. Notes in regard to a meeting in which an interim 

 report was given of the recent work in Roumania, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Spain, 

 and France. Some evidence, both positive and negative was found to support 

 Sambon's theory. 



Attempts to Produce Ex-perimental Pellagra. Ed. Sci. Am. lOo: 490, Dec. 2, 

 1911. Results of some experiments made by Dr. C. H. Lavinder and Drs. Anderson 

 and Goldberg: negative as regards Sambon's theory. 



Pellagra. Ed. in Jour. Am. Med. Assn. Sept. 2, 1911. Been reported from more 

 than thirty states, worst in Ivy., Tenn., N. and S. Car., Ga. where it is increasing. 

 One of the most important problems of the day. Sambon's theory little accepted 

 here, but see Jour. Am. Med. Assn. June 10, 1911, p. 1713. 



