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and the damage has been known to be so great that amputa- 

 tion has been necessary in order to preserve the life of the 

 patient. The Chigoe, not being a British insect, must not be 

 described in these pages ; but no history of the Flea, however 

 short, would be complete without a reference to this small but 

 dano'erous insect. 



