Girault, Bibliography of the Bedbug-, Cimex lectularius Linnaeus. ig^ 



Address delivered before the Pennsylvania State Medical Societ}', 

 Johnstown, Pennsylvania, May 17, 1899. 



General account of the part played by household insects in trans- 

 mitting diseases, with an account, of experiments performed with bed- 

 bugs, roaches, and flies as carriers of bacteria, especially the bacilli 

 of typhoid fever. Figures petri cultures made by contact with infec- 

 ted bugs. 



"The danger from the bedbug and roach would probably be great 

 in diphtheria, and all would share in the possible dissemination of 

 tuberculosis, anthrax, and similar bacterial diseases." p. 1306. 

 i8g(). Miihling, Paul, Die Uebertragung von Krankheitserregern durch 

 Wanze und Blutegel. Centralbl. f Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und 

 Infektionskrankheiten, Jena, Bd. XXV, i. Abteilung, pp. 703-706. 



Original experiments with bedbugs. „Aus allen diesen Thatsachen 

 ergiebt sich also sicher, dass der Wanzenstich an sich nichts zu be- 

 deuten hat, abgesehen natürlich von der dadurch gesetzten Hautläsion, 

 welche später eine porte d'entrée für Bakterien sein kann, dass er 

 aber durch Zerquetschen und Zerreiben des Blutsaugers an der ge- 

 stochenen Stelle gefährlich werden kann insofern, als Mikroorganismen 

 in den Stichkanal eindringen, welche oberflächlich der Wanze anhaften 

 oder im Darme derselben enthalten sind." p. 705. 

 i8gç). Nuttall, George H. F., Die Rolle der Insekten, Arachniden (Ixodes) 

 und Myriapoden als Träger bei der Verbreitung von durch Bakterien 

 und thierische Parasiten verursachten Krankheiten des Menschen und 

 der Thiere. Eine kritisch-historische Studie. Hygienische Rundschau, 

 Berlin, IX, pp, 218 — 220, 277—278, 279, 280, 281, 283, 394 — 395, 400. 



Historical and experimental evidence of the transmission of diseases 

 by the bedbug; its relation to anthrax, plague, mause-septicemia, chicken- 

 cholera. Bacillus septicus, relapsing fever, and tuberculosis. Cri- 

 ticism and review of all experiments to date. Vide Nuttall (1900). 



1899. Pop off, Leo, Relapsing fever. Twentieth century practice. An 

 international encyclopedia of modern medical science by leading autho- 

 rities of Europe and America, New York, XVI, infectious diseases, 

 p. 476. 



Gives the results of Tit kin (Tic tin, 1897). 

 igoo. Nuttall, George H. F., On the rôle of insects, arachnids and myria- 

 pods, as carriers in the spread of bacterial and parasitic diseases of 

 man and animals. A critical and historical study. Johns Hopkins 

 Hospital Reports, Baltimore, VIII, pp. 13—14, 17, 18, 20, 22, 22—23, 

 24 — 25, 32—33, 39, 120. Separate, undated. 



About the same as Nuttall (1899). 



1900. Packard, Frederick A., Transmission of infectious agents by insects. 

 Progressive medicine, Philadelphia and New York, I, pp. 136—138. 



Review and digest of Nuttall (1900) and Coplin (1899). 

 1900. Riesman, David, The role of insects, arachnids, and myriapods 

 as agents in the spread of diseases due to bacteria or to animal para- 

 sites in men and animals. American Year-book of medicine and surgery 

 (Gould), Philadelphia, Medicine, p. 324. 



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