Bibliography 193 



A successful campaign against the mosquitoes in Port Said in 

 1906 stopped the outbreaks of malaria and dengue. 

 Dengue and Sand-flies. Jour. Trop. Med. &> Hyg., 12, 1909, 

 pp. 172-173. A note on these pages refers to the work of Dr. 

 R. Doerr, who suspects that dengue may be carried by sand- 

 flies, Phlobotomus, as well as by mosquitoes. 



FILARIAL DISEASES AND ELEPHANTIASIS 



Christophers, S. R. What Is Really Known of the Cause of 

 Elephantiasis. Ind. Med. Gaz., Nov., 1907, p. 404. Ques- 

 tions Manson's theory in regard to the disease being caused by 

 filaria. 



Manson, Patrick. Tropical Diseases. London, 1908, pp. 594- 

 648. A most comprehensive chapter on filariasis and ele- 

 phantiasis. 



Phalen, J. M., and Nichols, H. J. Filariasis and Elephantiasis 

 in Southern Luzon. Phil. Jour. Sci., Sept., 1908. Culex 

 microannulatus regarded as the carrier of the filaria. 



Prout, W. T. On the Role of Filaria in the Production of 

 Disease. Jour. Trop. Med. &> Hyg., Apr. 1, 1908, p. 109. 

 Discussion of same in same journal, June 1, 1908. 



White, Duncan. Filarial Periodicity and Its Association with 

 Eosinophilia. Jour. Trop. Med. & Hyg., 12, July 15, 1909, 

 pp. 175-183. Among other things he discusses the relation of 

 mosquitoes to filarial diseases. 



LEPROSY 



Brinckerhoff, W. R. A Note upon the Possibility of the 

 Mosquito Acting in the Transmission of Leprosy. Pub. 

 Health and Mar. Hospt. Ser. (general publications), 1908. 

 Suggests the possibilities of such transmission, but concludes 

 that the probabilities are against it. 



