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Introduction 11 



American foul brood 11 



European foul brood 12 



The so-called " i)iekUHl l)nK)d " 12 



Paralysis 13 



Dysentery 13 



Isle of Wight disease 13 



Consideration of papers on the causes of bee diseases 13 



Schirach, 1771 13 



Leuckart, November 12, 1860 14 



Molitor-Muhlfeld, April 15, 1868 . /. 14 



Preuss, October 1, 1868 15 



Schonfeld, November 15, 1873 16 



Dzierzon, 1882 18 



Cheshire, August 1, 1884 -. 18 



Cheshire, August 15, 1884 21 



Cheshire, September 1, 1884 22 



Cheshire, September 15, 1884 24 



Cheshire, October 15, 1884 25 



Cheshire and Cheyne, August, 1885 25 



Cheyne, August, 1885 29 



McLain, 1887 35 



McLain, 1888 37 



Lortet, February, 1890 38 



Mackenzie, December, 1892 39 



Howard, March 1, 1S94 41 



Howard, September 10, 1896 42 



Howard, February 15, 1900 44 



Harrison, December, 1900 48 



Lambotte, September 25, 1902 53 



Harrison, February 28, 1903 56 



Moore and ^^'hite, January 15, 1903 58 



WTiite, January 15, 1904 61 



Bahr, 1 904 64 



Burri, October and November, 1904 64 



X^Tiite, January 14, 1905 66 



Wliite, June, 1905 67 



Wilson, 1905 67 



Burri, January, 1906 68 



Maassen, June, 1906 72 



Maassen, June, 1906 73 



Bahr, 1906 74 



Phillips, October 3, 1906 75 



Erne, November, 1906 75 



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