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Insects and Disease 



"Experimental Production of Plague Epidemics Among Ani- 

 mals," "Experiments in Plague Houses in Bombay," "On 

 the External Anatomy of the Indian Rat Flea and Its Differ- 

 entiation from Some Other Common Fleas," "A Note on 

 Man as a Host of the Indian Rat Flea," and others on the 

 relation of rats to plague. The third number, Vol. VII, 

 Dec, 1907, contains articles on "Digest of Recent Observa- 

 tions on the Epidemiology of Plague" (Bibliography), "Epi- 

 demiological Observations in Bombay City," "Epidemiological 

 Observations in the Villages of Wadhala, Parel, Worli in 

 the Neighborhood of Bombay Village," "General Considera- 

 tions Regarding the Spread of Infection, Infectivity of Houses, 

 etc., in Bombay City and Island," "Epidemiological Observa- 

 tions in the villages of Dhand and Kasel (Punjab)." The 

 fourth number, Vol. VIII, May, 1908, contains articles on "The 

 Part Played by Insects in the Epidemiology of Plague" (see 

 also ref. under D. T. Verjbitski), "Observations on the Bio- 

 nomics of Fleas with Special Reference to P. cheopis" "The 

 Mechanism by Means of Which the Flea Cleans Itself of 

 Plague Bacilli," "On the Seasonal Prevalence of Plague in 

 India." 

 See also under Fleas. 



FLEAS 



Baker, C. F. Fleas and Disease. Science, N. S., Vol. 22, 

 No. 559, Sept. 15, 1905, p. 340. Discusses the possibility of 

 fleas transmitting leprosy. 



Doane, R. W. Notes on Fleas, Collected on Rat and Human 

 Hosts in San Francisco and Elsewhere. Can. Ento., 40, 1908, 

 pp. 303-304. Shows that Ceralophyllus fasciatus and Pulex 

 irritans are common on both man and rats. 



Fox, Carroll. The Flea in Its Relation to Plague, with a 

 Synopsis of the Rat Fleas. The Military Surgeon, 24, June, 

 1909, pp. 528-537. Review of the work of the Indian 



