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  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  though 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  how 
  generally 
  flies 
  are 
  re- 
  

   sponsible 
  for 
  the 
  dissemination 
  of 
  this 
  disease. 
  Parke 
  admits 
  the 
  

   possibiHties 
  of 
  flies 
  distributing, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  those 
  mentioned 
  

   above, 
  plague, 
  trachoma, 
  septicemia, 
  erysipelas 
  and 
  leprosy. 
  Fur- 
  

   thermore, 
  there 
  are 
  those 
  who 
  would 
  hold 
  flies 
  responsible 
  for 
  the 
  

   more 
  frequent 
  new 
  cases 
  which 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  zone 
  immediately 
  sur- 
  

   rounding 
  the 
  smallpox 
  hospital 
  and 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  due 
  either 
  to 
  

   the 
  wafting 
  out 
  of 
  infected 
  particles 
  or 
  their 
  carriage 
  by 
  flies. 
  

   The 
  latter 
  is 
  considered 
  the 
  more 
  probable. 
  Howe, 
  according 
  to 
  

   the 
  statement 
  of 
  Dr 
  Howard, 
  has 
  demonstrated 
  that 
  the 
  purulent 
  

   conjunctivitis 
  of 
  the 
  Egyptians 
  is 
  spread 
  by 
  the 
  house 
  fly. 
  The 
  

   experiments 
  of 
  Grassi 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  Taenia, 
  Trichoceph- 
  

   alus 
  and 
  Oxyuris 
  pass 
  uninjured 
  through 
  the 
  alimentary 
  tract 
  

   of 
  flies. 
  

  

  Sanitary 
  and 
  control 
  measures. 
  It 
  is 
  perhaps 
  needless 
  to 
  add, 
  

   in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  that 
  the 
  greatest 
  care 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  

   exclude 
  flies 
  from 
  the 
  sick 
  room, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  con- 
  

   tagious 
  diseases. 
  The 
  flies 
  are 
  not 
  only 
  annoying 
  to 
  the 
  patient 
  

   hut 
  may 
  aid 
  in 
  carrying 
  the 
  disease 
  to 
  others. 
  The 
  proper 
  dis- 
  

   posal 
  of 
  infected 
  discharges 
  such 
  as 
  those 
  from 
  typhoid 
  patients 
  

   should 
  never 
  be 
  neglected. 
  Vessels 
  which 
  have 
  contained 
  any 
  such 
  

   material 
  should 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  cleaned 
  and 
  never 
  left 
  where 
  flies 
  

   may 
  gain 
  access 
  to 
  the 
  infection. 
  

  

  All 
  food, 
  particularly 
  that 
  eaten 
  without 
  cooking, 
  should 
  be 
  care- 
  

   fully 
  protected 
  from 
  flies 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  screens. 
  This 
  is 
  especially 
  

   true 
  of 
  milk, 
  since 
  it 
  affords 
  a 
  favorable 
  medium 
  for 
  the 
  multipli- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  certain 
  disease 
  germs. 
  This 
  applies 
  to 
  dealers 
  in 
  food 
  

   supplies 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  home. 
  An 
  important 
  step 
  toward 
  better 
  

   sanitation 
  would 
  be 
  taken 
  if 
  the 
  public 
  refused 
  to 
  patronize 
  stores 
  

   and 
  eating 
  places 
  overrun 
  by 
  flies. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  reduction 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  house 
  flies 
  found 
  in 
  most 
  

   places 
  is 
  thoroughly 
  practical. 
  This 
  end 
  can 
  be 
  best 
  attained 
  by 
  

   doing 
  away 
  with 
  conditions 
  favorable 
  to 
  the 
  unrestricted 
  multipli- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  this 
  pest. 
  The 
  first 
  step 
  is 
  to 
  prevent 
  flies 
  from 
  breeding 
  

   in 
  horse 
  manure 
  and 
  other 
  waste 
  products 
  from 
  the 
  stable. 
  All 
  

   manure 
  should 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  fly 
  proof 
  receptacle 
  or 
  the 
  accumu- 
  

   lation 
  treated 
  daily 
  with 
  small 
  quantities 
  of 
  chlorid 
  of 
  lime. 
  If 
  

   all 
  manure 
  is 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  stable 
  at 
  intervals 
  of 
  three 
  days 
  

   and 
  spread 
  upon 
  the 
  field, 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  comparatively 
  little 
  breed- 
  

   ing. 
  Some 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  measures 
  can 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  every 
  stable 
  in 
  

   cities 
  and 
  villages. 
  The 
  farmer, 
  if 
  unable 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  