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Ricketts, H. T. Infection, Immunity and Serum Therapy. 

 Chicago, 1906. Chapters on parasitism, infection, contagion, 

 immunity, various diseases, etc. 



Scheube, B. The Diseases of Warm Countries: a Handbook 

 for Medical Men. Trans, from Ger. by Pauline Falcke, 

 London, 1903. Sections on general infectious diseases, diseases 

 caused by animal parasites, etc. Good bibliography of each 

 disease treated. 



Simpson, W. J. R. The Principles of Hygiene as Applied to 

 Tropical and Subtropical Climates. London, 1908. Occa- 

 sional references to flies and mosquitoes as carriers of disease. 

 Chapter XV deals with malaria and other diseases caused by 

 mosquitoes. 



Wilson, J. C. Modern Clinical Medicine; Infectious Diseases. 

 New York and London, 1905. Chapters on yellow fever, 

 malarial diseases and plague; contains references to the rela- 

 tion of insects to these diseases. 



MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES 



Balfour, Andrew. Further Observations on Fowl Spiroche- 

 tosis. Jour. Trop. Med. & Hyg., 12, Oct. 1, 1909, pp. 285- 

 289. Ticks and lice may carry this disease. 



Chittenden, F. H. Harvest-mites or "Chiggers." Circular 77, 

 U. S. Dept. Agric. Bur. Ento., 1906, pp. 1-16. Descriptions 

 of these pests and their habits. Remedies. 



Doty, A. H. The Means by Which Infectious Diseases Are 

 Transmitted. Amer. Jour, of Med. Sci., 138, July, 1909, pp. 30- 

 39. Flies and mosquitoes as disseminators of disease briefly 

 discussed. 



Duncan, F. M. Industrial Entomology: the Economic Im- 

 portance of a Study of Insect Life. Jour. Roy. Soc. Arts, 

 May 22, 1908, pp. 688-696. A very interesting review of the 

 subject of insects and disease. 



