184 Girault, Bibliography of the Bedbug, Cimex lectularius Linnaeus. 



Indirectly quotes the assertion made by Rayer {1826), that the 

 bedbug injects poison into the skin, disagreeing -^■'il h him. Editions i 

 and 2 were published before 1826. 

 i860, a) Rasp ail, F.-V., Punaise des lits. Cimex lectularius Lin. Histoire 

 naturelle de la santé et de la maladie, Paris, II, pp. 274—276, pis. 9, 

 figs. 5 and 7; 17, fig. 17; text-figs, i and 2. 



General account fi-om the medical standpoint, including morbid 

 effects of the bite. Excellent colored figures of the insects, and of the 

 puncture. 

 i860, b) Idem, Ibidem, III, pp. 248 — 249. 



Symptoms of attack, and treatment. "C'est moins une maladie 

 qu'une torture de la patience". 

 1862. Bazin, E., Piqûres de punaises. Leçons théoriques et cliniques sur 

 les affections cutanées artificielles et sur la lèpre, les diatheses, le pur- 

 pura, des difformités de la peau, etc. Paris, pp. 3 — 4. 

 Description and diagnostics of the bite. 

 186^. Wilson, Erasmus, Malis cimicis. On diseases of the skin, Phila- 

 delphia, edit. 5, (from 5th London edit.), pp. 281—282. Edit. 4, 1857, 

 p. 258. Edit. 6, 1865, pp. 281 —282 (from 5th London edit.). Edit. 6, 

 London, 1867, p. 282. 



Brief general medical account. 

 i86y. Hillier, Thomas, Hand-book of skin diseases for students and 

 practitioners, Philadelphia, pp. 242—243. 



Mentions as causing wheals like urticaria and erythema; bite 

 sometimes induces temporary, fever. 

 1865. Wilson, Erasmus, Malis cimicis. The student's book of cutaneous 

 medicine and diseases of the skin. New York, p. 423. 

 About the same as Wilson (1863). 

 1869. Fox, Tilbury, Skin diseases: Their description, pathology, diagnosis, 

 and treatment. London, edit. 2, p. 293. First American edit., New 

 York, 1871, pp. 190 — 191. 



Description and morbid effect of the bite. 

 i86(). Neumann, Isidore, Lehrbuch der Hautkrankheiten. Wien, p. 325. 

 Edit. 5, 1880, p. 603 Text-book of skin diseases, London, 1871 (Pullar), 

 (from 2nd German edit.), p. 304. Handbook of skin diseases, Phila- 

 delphia, 1872 (Bulkley), (from 2"d German edit.), p. 406. Traité des 

 maladies de la peau, Paris, 1880 (traduit sur la 4e édit.), p. 534. • 

 Effect of the bite ; use of, by the ancients. \ 



i8-]j. Fox, Tilbury, Bug-eruption. Skin diseases: Their description, patho- 

 logy, diagnosis, and treatment. New York, edit. 2 (from 31"^ London 

 edit.), p. 406. 



Better description of the bite than in Fox (1869), with specific 

 morbid effects, and treatment. 

 18^4. Hénocque, Observation de corps étranger de l'oreille externe. 

 Comptes rendus des séances et mémoires de la Soc. de Biologie, Pans, 

 tome premier, sixième série, p. 282. 



Bedbug extracted from the auditory passage of a young girl; 

 account of the symptoms and treatment. 



