8 LICE AND THEIR MENACE TO MAN 



mottled over with bronze patches from the louse- 

 bites. This skin condition is sufficiently common 



FIG. 2. PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BACK OF A SOLDIER SHOWING THE 

 BRONZE MOTTLING OFTEN CAUSED BY LOUSE-BITES. 



to have earned itself the name of " Vagabond's 

 disease." 



The itching and the irritating movements of 

 the lice on the body may produce sleeplessness 



