G ir ani t, Bibliography of the Bedbug, Cimex lectularius Linnaeus. igy 



lyjç. K'eogh, John, A Bug, Zoologia medicinalis hibernica: ora treatise 

 of birds, beasts, fishes, reptiles, or insects, which are commonly known 

 or propagated in this kingdom : giving an account eïc, etc. Dublin, 

 pp. ID— II. 



Various uses to which bedbugs were put as a medicine. For 

 example: "Four being taken three mornings in wine, cure the collie, 

 as Gesner affirms.'' p. lo. 



18'] 4. Dunglison, Robley, Cimex. A dictionary of medical science : 

 containing a concise explanation of the various subjects and terms of 

 anatomy, physiology, pathology, hygiene, therapeutics, etc. etc. Phila- 

 delphia, new, revised edit, pp. 7, 217. 



Six or seven bugs given internally are said to have prevented 

 the ague; also esteemed as an emmenagogue. 



III. Zoological; miscellaneous general accounts. 



/7<5^. DeBomare, Valmont, La punaise de lit, Cimex domesticus. 

 Dictionnaire raisonné universal d'histoire naturelle; contenant l'histoire 

 des animaux, des végétaux et des minéraux, et celle etc., etc. Paris, 

 tome quatrième, pp. 519—522. 



An old, but important, account. 



777J, Kalm, Peter (Pehr), Travels into north america; containing its 

 natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and 

 agriculture in general, with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state 

 of the country. The manners of the inhabitants and several curious 

 and important remarks on various subjects. London, MDCCLXXI, 

 II, pp. II— 13. Translated into English by John Reinhold Forster. 



Reported as being plentiful, but there were none with the Indians. 

 Interesting remarks on its probable origin and on remedies. 



1793. Harris, Thaddens. Mason, The natural history of the bible: or 

 a description of all the beasts, birds, fishes, insects, etc., etc. Boston, 

 MDCCXCIII, pp. 106, 181— 182. A dictionary of the natural history of 

 the bible, London, 1833. 



Makes no mention of any insect that may be inferred to be the 

 bedbug; the places cited are on the flea and the louse. 



1808. de Buffon, George Louis Ledere, System of natural history : 

 including the history of the elements, the earth, the etc., etc. Man- 

 chester, England, II, pp. 201—202, 204. 



General account. Beds in France and Italy swarm with them; 

 often eaten by spiders. 



1816. Blumenbach, Joh. Fried., Cimex, Wanze. Handbuch der Natur- 

 geschichte. Wien, 9. Ausgabe, i. Abteilung, pp. 293—294. Translation, 

 from the \o^^ German edit., London, 1825, (R. T. Gore), pp. 199-200- 

 Brief notes, with remedies. 



1820. M. H., Punaise, Dictionnaire de science médicale, Paris, XL VI, pp. 

 164—165. 



Brief account. 



