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Felt, E. P. Typhoid or house fly. 25th Rept. State Ento. of N. Y., July, 1910. 

 Experiments seem to show that this fly does not breed freely in darkness. It is 

 practicable to construct dark cellars or bins where the manure may be kept when 

 it is not practicable to spread it in the fields at frequent intervals. 



Girault, A. A. and Sanders, G. E. The Chalcidoid parasites of the common house 

 fly and its alhes. Psyche, Vol. 17 (1910) p. 9-28. 



Gudger, E. W. Early note on flies as transmitters of disease. Science, January 7, 

 1910. Refers to book pubhshed in 1769 in which the author says that he believes 

 that "yaws" are transmitted by flies. 



Gudger, E. W. A second early note on the transmission of yaws by flies. Science, 

 November 4, 1910. Quotes Henry Roster's "Travels in Brazil in 1809-1815" as 

 saving that this disease is caused by flies. 



Hewitt, C. G. House flies and disease. Nature, July 21, 1910. 



Jackson, D. D. The disease carrying house fly. Rev. of Reviews, July, 1910. 

 Points out the dangers from this source. 



Orton, S. F. and Dodd, W. L. Transmission of bacteria by flies with special rela- 

 tion to an epidemic of bacilliary dysentery. Boston Med. & Surg. Jour., December 8, 

 1910. Organisms recovered from flies after several days. 



Palmer, J. W. The relation the house fly bears to typhoid and other infectious 

 diseases. Atlantic Jour. Rec. of Med., August, 1910. 



Pease, H. D. Relation of flies to the transmission of infectious diseases. Long 

 Island Med. Jour., December, 1910. 



Purdy, J. S. Flies and fleas as factors in dissemination of disease; effect of petro- 

 leum as an insecticide. Med. Press and Circular, January 12, 1910. 



Riley, W. A. Earlier reference to the relation of flies to disease. Science, Feb- 

 ruary 18, 1910. Cites references showing that this relation was suspected as early 

 as the sixteenth century. 



Flies and typhoid fever. Ed. in Jour. Amer. Med. Assn. November 19, 1910. 

 Points out that some do not remember that flies must first become contaminated; 

 that they are not ordinarily a very important factor in well sewered cities although 

 they may be in some other places. 



Abating the fly nuisance. Current comment in Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., August 

 20, 1910. General fight against it. Dr. P. L. Jones reports an ant in the Philippines 

 devours the larva' and pupa>. 



How to kill flies. Under dept. of "March of Events" in World's Work, August, 

 1910. Reprint of rules published by the fly fighting committee of the American 

 Civic Assn. 



The spider and the fly. Ed. in Independent, August 18, 1910. Points out the 

 difference between the past and present attitude toward the house fly. 



See also the Reports of Local Govt. Bd. (Gt. Brit.) Pub. Health and Med. 

 Subjs. 



Myiasis 



Garrood, J. R. Note on a case of intestinal myiasis. Parasit., September, 1910. 

 Intestine of boy was infested with larviae of Homalomyia. 



Miller, R. T. Myiasis dermatosa due to the ox-warble flies. Jour. Amer. Med. 

 Assn., December .3, 1910. Record of case in wliich the larva passed from a point 

 below the knee to the submental region. 



Nicholson, J. L. Myiasis; a report of three cases of primary rectal infection. 

 Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., May 21, 1910. History of such cases due to the house fly. 



Sultan, A. B. Note on a case of intestinal infection in man with the larvae of 

 Homalomyia canicularis. Parasit, September, 1910. 



