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Swan, J. M. Two cases of external myiasis. Jour. Trop. Med. & Hyg., Janu- 

 ary 1, 1910. 



Pellagra 



King, H. D. The etiological controversy regarding pellagra. Jour. Amer. Med. 

 Assn., March 12, 1910. The various theories in regard to the disease are discussed. 

 Contains no reference to insects, but is helpful in getting the point of view of various 

 investigators. 



Sambon, L. W. Cause and transmission of pellagra. PolicHnico, June 19, 1910 

 (Rev. in Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., July 23, 1910), Pellagra follows watercourses; 

 Siinulium breeds in water and those exposed to bites of this insect most often have 

 pellagra; both appear and disappear simultaneously. 



Sambon, L. W. The investigation of pellagra. Jour. Trop. Med. & Hyg., Sep- 

 tember 15, October 1, and October 15, 1910. 



Lavindel, C. H. The theory of the parasitic origin of pellagra. Pub. Health Repts., 

 25, no. 21, June 3, 1910. A summary of Sambon's theory and the attitude of Ameri- 

 can workers toward it. 



Sand-fly transmission of pellagra. Ed. in Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., November 26, 

 1910. Reviews Sambon's findings. 



Recent investigations on pellagra. Article in Nature, October 27, 1910, gives 

 results of Dr. Sambon's findings in Italy. 



Phloebotomus or Sand-fly Fever 



Brit, C. Phloebotomus or Sand-fly fever. Brit. Med. Jour., no. 2,595 (1910), 

 p. 875-878. P. papatasii can convey the virus of this fever. The bite of one fly 

 is sufficient to cause the disease. The flies are infective seven to ten days after suck- 

 ing virulent blood. 



Leon, N. Roumanian blood-sucking Diptera. Centralbl. Bakt. Parasitenk. 

 54 (1910), p. 521-523. Reports Phloebotomus papatasii, whose bite causes a fever 

 in dogs in Roumania. 



Phillips, L. Sand-fly fever, Phloebotomus fever (or Pappatocifiber) in Cairo. Brit. 

 Med. Jour., October 1, 1910. 



Wakeling, T. G. Fever caused by the bite of the sand-fly. Brit. Med. Jour., 

 October 15, 1910. Describes the effect of the bite and the illness that later results. 



Tracoma 



Eaton, F. B. The etiology, prevention, treatment, and cure of tracoma. Opthal- 

 mic Record, August, 1910. This is a fuller report on his theory (published in same 

 Journal, September, 1908), that horse-flies are responsible for the transmission of 

 this disease. 



Tsetse Flies, Trypanosomes, and Sleeping Sickness 



(For a full list of references to these subjects see the Bull, of the Sleeping Sickness 

 Bu. Only a few can be given here.) 



Bagshawe, A. G. Glossina palpalis: a resum^. Sleep. Sick. Bu. Bull. no. 14, Feb- 

 ruary, 1910. A summary of the observations made since the publication of the arti- 

 cle on the same fly in Bull. no. 3, January, 1909. Notes on life-history, habits, etc. 



Bagshawe, A. G. The transmission in nature of Trypanosoma gambiense. Sleep. 

 Sick. Bu. Bull., 18, June, 1910. Considers it not improbable that species of Glossina 

 other than palpalis may transmit this trypanosome. 



Bagshawe, A. G. Sleeping Sickness in Whites. Sleep. Sick. Bu. Bull., 20, Sep- 

 tember, 1910. Gives records of fifty cases of sleeping sickness in Europeans. 



