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Recent studies on typluis fever. Ed. in Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., December 17, 

 1910. Gives the results of recent investigations. 



Mites 



Costa, E. Two important parasites of the skin. Jour. Cutaneous Diseases, 

 January, 1910. Dermntohia noxialis found in tumefactions of the head. Sarco- 

 psylln penetrans found in ulcerations in the regions of the nails of the feet. 



Dahl, Fr. Mites in tumors. Centralbl. Bakt. Parsitenk., 53 (1910), p. 524- 

 533. Describes a mite in tumors in human ovary. Discusses question whether this 

 was simi)ly a parasite in the tumors or a part of the cause of them. 



Goldberg, Jos. The straw itch {Dermatitis schamhergi) ; A disease new to 

 American physicians. Pub. Health Repts., 25, no. 23, June 10, 1910. Described 

 the disease and the mites that cause it. Figures and photographs. 



Schamberg, J. T. Grain itch [Acaro-dermatiiis utricarioides) . Study of a new 

 disease in this country. Jour. Cutaneous Diseases, February, 1910. 



Webster, F. M. A predaceous and supposedly beneficial mite, Pediculoides, 

 becomes noxious to man. Ann. Ento. Soc. Amer. 3, 1910, p. 15-39. (See also Bu. 

 of Ento. Circular 118, 1910, for practically the same article.) Notes on mites attack- 

 ing men in European countries. Probably P. ventricosus now P. tritici. Noted first 

 in America as beneficial. Often attacking men handling grain or those sleeping on 

 straw. Remedy: Thresh and burn straw in the field. 



Ticks 



Leishman, W. B. Mechanism of infection in tick fever and the hereditary trans- 

 mission of Spirochceta duttoni in the tick. Lancet, January 1, 1910. 



Stiles, C. W. The taxonomic value of the microscopic structure of the stigmal 

 plates in the tick genus Dermacentor. Hygenic Laboratory, Bull. 62, 1910. Con- 

 tains table for families and genera and description of species. 



Theiler, A. Ticks and tick-borne diseases. Vet. Jour. 66 (1910) No. 416, p. 

 98-108. (See also Transvall Dept. Agric. Farmers Bull. 63.) 



Miscellaneous Articles 



Bruce, J. M. Recent progress in medical science. Med. Press & Circular, 

 August 3, 1910. 



Gunn, Herbert. The menace of tropical diseases to California. Cal. St. Bd. 

 Health Bull., September, 1910. Relation of San Francisco to the orient and the 

 various diseases that are to be guarded against. 



Henshaw, H. W. Ground squirrels and spotted fever. Rept. of Bu. of Biologi- 

 cal Survey for 1910. Tells of cooperation with Bu. of Ento. to study the relation 

 of squirrels and ticks to this disease. 



Hoff, J. R. Hookworm, malaria, yellow fever and their relation to the health 

 of the American citizen. Woman's Med. Jour., June, 1910. 



Marshall, H. T. Animal experimentation in relation to Protozoan tropical dis- 

 ea.ses. Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., April 23, 1910. Showing how various experiments 

 have enabled investigators to make the recent wonderful advances in preventive 

 medicine. Discusses amebic dysentry, Texas fever, malarial diseases, yellow fever, 

 mosquitoes, sleeping sickness, etc. 



McFarland, J. The role of Microzoa in the causation and transmission of dis- 

 eases. Penn. Med. Jour., June, 1910. 



Moulton, A. B. History of the progress made in the control of communicable 

 diseases. Penn. Med. Jour., June, 1910. 



