Girault, Bibliography of the Bedbug, Cimex lectularius Linnaeus. i8q 



i8ç^. Gottheil, William S., Illustrated skin diseases. An atlas and text- 

 book, New York, p. 77. 



Mentions as causing idiopathic urticaria. 



1897. Greene, Ryland W., John Ashhurst, George A. Piersol, 

 and Joseph P, Remington, Cimex. Lippincott's medical dictio- 

 nary. A complete vocabulary of the terms used in medicine and the 

 allied sciences, with their pronunciation, etymology and signification, 

 including much collateral information of a descriptive and etc. Phila- 

 delphia, p. 220. 



Listed. Mentions Cimicic acid, C15H28O2, and the principle C i m ic i m. 

 Cf. C i m i c acid. Watt's Dictionary of Chemistry, London, 1866, I. 



1897. Hyde, James Nevins and Frank Hugh Montgomery, 

 Diseases due to animal parasites. A practical treatise on the diseases 

 of the skin for the use of students and practitioners. Philadelphia, 

 edit. 4, pp. 784 — 786, Edit. 6, Philadelphia and New York, 1901, pp. 

 805—806. 



The same as Hyde (1883). 



1897. Nacciarone, Ugo, Manuale di dermatologia ad uso dei medici 

 pratici e degli studenti. Milano, pp. 379. 

 Notes the morbid effect of the bite. 



1897. Wood, H. C. and Fitz, Reginald H., The practice of medicine, 

 Philadelphia, p. 348. 



Brief account. 



1898. Duhring, Louis Adolphus, Cutaneous medicine. A systematic 

 treatise on the diseases of the skin, Philadelphia, II, pp. 288, 290. 



Mentions the relation of the bedbug to urticaria or hives. 



1898. Morris, Malcolm, Diseases of the skin. An outline of the principles 

 and practice of dermatology, London, Paris, New York, edit. 2, pp. 8, 

 311 — 312; Philadelphia edit., idem. Edit, i, 1894, Philadelphia, pp. 8, 

 301—302; London, Paris, and Melbourne edit., idem. Edit. 3, 1903, 

 pp. 8, 334-335- 



Nature of the bite, with treatment. 



1898. Schamberg, Jay F., Cimex lectularius. A compend. of the 

 diseases of the skin, Philadelphia, p. 171. 

 Symptoms of the bite, with treatment. 



1902. Thompson, W^illiam Gilman, A text-book of practical medicine, 

 New York, Philadelphia, pp. 986—987. 



Short notice. 



1903. Anders, James M., A text-book of the practice of medicine, Phila- 

 delphia, New York and London, edit. 6, revised, p. 1270. 



Brief mention. 

 1903. Osier, William, Parasitic insects. Cimex lectularius (Common 

 Bed-bug). The principles and practice of medicine. New York and 

 London, edit. 5, p. 377. 



Brief account. Bite causes, in some, intense urticaria and hype- 

 raemia. Recommends use of iron bedsteads, and tumes of sulphur. 



