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McCoy, G. W. The Susceptibility to Plague of the Weasel, the Chipmunk and 

 the Pocket-gopher. Jour. Infec. Diseases VIII No. 1 Jan. 1911. pp. 42-46. Weasel 

 (Prelorius xanthogemjs) and the chipmunk {CaUosphermophiles chrysodeiru) quite 

 susceptible; gopher {Thomomys holla) shghtly so. 



McCoy, G.W. The Sciuirrel Pkgue Problem. Cal. State Jour. Med. Mar. 1911. 



McCoy, G. W. Studies Upon Plague in Ground Squirrels. Pub. Health and 

 Mar. Hosp. Bull. 43 p. 7-51, 1911. Discusses plague in squirrels and relation of 

 insects to same. The squirrel flea and the squirrel louse both harbor the plague 

 bacilli when they feed on plague infected squirrels or guinea pigs or white rats and 

 may transmit the disease from one of these animals to another. 



McCoy, G. W. A Plague-Hke Disease of Rodents. Pub. Health and Mar. Hosp. 

 Ser. U. S. Pub. Health Bull. 43, 1911 pp. 53-71. This disease is very similar to 

 plague and may have been confused with it. In laboratory experiments it can be 

 transmitted bj^ fleas. 



McCoy, G. "W. Bubonic Plague with Special Reference to that of Ground Squirrel 

 Origin. Jour. Amer. Med. Assn. Vol. LVII No. 16 Oct. 14, 1911. Occurrence of 

 plague in rural districts and the relation of this to plague in the ground squirrels. 



MuUowney, J. J. The Plague in North China. Jour. xA.mer. Med. Assn. Mar. 

 11, 1911. The different types of the disease; how this outbreak originated; rats 

 and fleas not so definitely related to pneumonic type as to bubonic. 



Pringle, A. M. N. An Outbreak of Rat Plague in Suffolk. Public Health 24 

 (1911) No. 4 pp. 126-131. Detailed account of this outbreak. 



Raybaud, A. The Danger of Transporting Plague Long Distances Through the 

 Intermediation of the Flea. Presse Med. (Paris) 1911 No. 19 pp. 179-180: Abs. 

 in Jour. Amer. Med. Assn. 56 (1911) No. 15 Apr. 15, p. 1152. Plague germs may 

 remain virulent in the rat flea (C. fascialus) during hibernation for a period of from 

 30 to 40 days. Infected fleas may take refuge in bales of goods or cracks in boxes 

 and practically hibernate while being shipped long distances. 



Raid, S. How to Prevent the Plague. Ind. 70: 1061-4. May 18, 1911. The 

 necessary measures to control the plague as a world wide problem. 



Rothschild, N. C. Ceratophyllus selantiewi Wagner, "a plague flea." Ento. 

 Mo. Mag. June 1911 p. 141. A note in regard to this flea from Siberia and INlanchuria. 

 Taken from "Tarabagans" which suffer from plague. Recent epidemic in Man- 

 churia started among hunters of these animals. The fleas reported to feed on humans. 



Rucker, W. C. Enzootic Plague in U. S. Military Surgeon Jan. 1911. 



Russ, R. The Story of Plague. Bull. Cal. St. Bd. Health Feb. 1911. Histor- 

 ical — good. 



Shipley, A. E. Rat Fleas. Jour. Econ. Biol. Feb. 1911. (Reprinted from 

 "Country Life"). Notes on common species, life history; Hst of genera. 



Simpson, F. Ground Squirrel Eradication. Bull. Cal. St. Bd. Health Feb. 

 1911. Different methods adopted in California. (1) Shooting or trapping. (2) 

 Suffocation. (3) Poisoning. 



Walter C. Upon the Inoculation of Materia Morbi Through the Human Skin 

 by Flea Bites. Jour. Hyg. XI: 2, July 1911. Results of the experiments mostly 

 negative. Points out the possible bearing of these results on the commonly accepted 

 theorj' as to the manner in which fleas transmit plague. 



Wilder, R. M. Problem of Transmission of Typhus. Jour. Infec. Diseases, 

 Chicago, July, 1911. Disease transmitted by insects, three should be suspected, — 

 flea, bedbug, louse,— latter stands incriminated and preventive measures should be 

 directed against it. 



Bubonic Plague in 1911. Cal. St. Bd. Health Bull. Sept. 1911 reports a case of 



