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Stiles, C. W. and Crane, C. G. Internal parasites of rats and mice and their 

 relation to diseases of man. Pub. Health & Mar. Hospt. Ser. Bull. 30, 1910. 



Stiles, C. W. and Hassall, A. Compendium of animal parasites reported for 

 rats and mice. Pub. Health & Mar. Hospt. Ser. Bull. 30, 1910. 



Walker, E. A. Transmission of plague in the absence of rats and rat fleas. Indian 

 Medical Gazett, March, 1910. 



Reports on Plague Investigations in India. Issued by the Advisorj- Committee. 

 Jour, of Hj'g., November, 1910 fFifth extra plague number). Among other articles 

 the following refer especially to the relation of rats and fleas to the disease: "The 

 experimental production of plague epidemics among animals." Further experi- 

 ments which show that the plague spreads rapidly among rats when fleas are present. 

 "Interim report of the Ad\'isory Committee for plague investigations in India." 

 A summary of the conclusions reached. They believe that "in the great majority 

 of cases during an epidemic of plague man contracts the disease from plague-infected 

 rats through the agency of plague-infected rat fleas." 



The two articles on observations on rat and human plague in Belgium and Poona, 

 especially the latter, show the very close relation of the prevalence of rat fleas to 

 the number of cases of plague. 



The rat and its relation to the public health. By various authors. Pub. Health 

 & Mar. Hospt. Ser. Bull. 30, 1910. (No number is is given on the bulletin but it ia 

 listed as no. 30 in the list of publications.) Contains articles in regard to the rat, 

 its parasites and its relation to plague, etc. Some of these articles are listed in this 

 and the following section of this list. 



Plague in England. Ed. in Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., November 19, 1910. Refers 

 to recent outbreak of plague in Suffolk, Eng.; four deaths; rats and hares found 

 infected; immediate efforts to get rid of these and clean up; w^ork done so quickly 

 and quietly that the public hardly knew about it. 



Fleas and Plague 



Banks, N. Ectoparasites of fleas. Pub. Health & Mar. Hospt. Ser. Bull. 30, 

 1910. Describes and gives tables for the identification of fleas, lice and mites. 



Fox, Carroll. The flea and its relation to plague. Pub. Health & Mar. Hospt. 

 Ser. Bull. 30, 1910. Among other things author discusses anatomy and habits of 

 the fleas and gives descriptions of the common forms. References. 



McCoy, G. W. A note on squirrel fleas as plague carriers. Pub. Health Repts. 

 2.5, no. 1.5, April 15, 1910. Ceratopsyllus acutus, the ground .squirrel flea, trans- 

 mitted plague from ground squirrels to guinea pigs and from squirrel to squirrel. 



McCoy, G. W. Fleas as plague carriers betw^een rats and ground squirrels. 

 Pub. Health Repts. 25, no. 20, May 20, 1910. C. acutus can transmit plague from 

 ground squirrels to white rats and C. fasciatus can transmit the disease from rats 

 to ground squirrels. 



McCoy, G. W. Fleas collected from squirrels from various parts of California. 

 Pub. Health Repts. 25, no. 21, June 3, 1910. Records six species: C. acutus; H. 

 anomalus; Ct. musculi; A. galUnacea; H.nffinis; Sp.incequalis. 



Mitzmain, M. B. A parasitic and a predatory enemy of the flea. Pub. Health 

 Repts. 25, no. 13, April 1, 1910. A new tyroglyphid mite, Histiostomn tarsalis found 

 on C. acutus, C. fasciatus, and L. cheopis. A beetle (Staphylinus sp.) has been found 

 to destroy rat and squirrel fleas; seems to be quite efficient. 



Mitzmain, M. B. Notes on agents used for flea destruction. Pub. Health Repts. 

 25, no. 30, July 29, 1910. Water no value; glycerine no value; formahn, phenol, 

 mercuric chloride, and trikresol in strengths used as disinfectants of little value. 

 Powdered sulphur of no value; kerosene and miscible oil extremely efficient; the 



