NOTICE TO LIBRARIANS AND BIBLIOGRAPHERS CONCERNING THE SERIAL 
PUBLICATIONS OF THIS SERVICE. 
The Hygienic Laboratory was established in New York, at the Marine Hospital on 
Staten Island, August, 1887. It was transferred to Washington, with quarters in the 
Butler Building, June 11, 1891, and a new laboratory building, to be located in 
Washington, was authorized by act of Congress, March 3, 1901. 
The following bulletins [Bulls. Nos. 1-7, 1900 to 1902, Hyg. Lab., U. S. Mar.-Hosp. 
Serv., Wash.] have been issued: 
No. 1. — Preliminary note on the viability of the Bacillus pestis. By M. J. Rosenau. 
No. 2. — Formalin disinfection of baggage without apparatus. By M. J. Rosenau. 
No. 3. — Sulphur dioxid as a germicidal agent. By H. D. Geddings. 
No. 4. — Viabihty of the Bacillus pestis. By M. J. Rosenau. 
No. 5. — ^An investigation of a pathogenic microbe {B. typhi mmlum Danyz) applied 
to the destruction of rats. By M. J. Rosenau. 
No. 6. — Disinfection against mosquitoes with formaldehyd and sulphur dioxid. 
By M. J. Rosenau. 
No. 7. — Laboratory technique: Ring test for indol, by S. B. Grubbs and Edward 
Francis; Collodium sacs, by S. B. Grubbs and Edward Francis; Microphotography 
with simple apparatus, by H. B. Parker. 
By act of Congress, approved July 1, 1902, the name of the “United States Marine- 
Hospital Service” was changed to the “Public Health and Marine- Hospital Service 
of the United States, ’ ’ and three new divisions were added to the Hygienic Laboratory. 
Since the change of name of the service the bulletins of the Hygienic Laboratory 
have been continued in the same numerical order, as follows: 
No. 8. — Laboratory course in bacteriology and pathology. By M. J. Rosenau. 
No. 9. — Presence of tetanus in commercial gelatin. By John F. Anderson. 
No. 10. — Report upon the prevalence and geographic distribution of hookworm 
disease (uncinariasis or anchylostomiasis) in the United States. By Ch. Wardell 
Stiles. 
No. 11. — Experimental investigation of Trypanosoma levnsi. By Edward Francis. 
No. 12. — The bacteriological impurities of vaccine virus; an experimental study. 
By M. J. Rosenau. 
No. 13. — A statistical study of the intestinal parasites of 500 white male patients at 
the United States Government Hospital for the Insane; by Philip E. Garrison, Bray- . 
ton H. Ransom, and Earle C. Stevenson. A parasitic roundworm (Agamomermis ' 
culids n. g., n. sp. ) in American mosquitoes ( Culex sollicitans) ; by Ch. Wardell Stiles. 
The type species of the cestode genus Hymenolepis ; by Ch. Wardell Stiles. 
No. 14. — Spotted fever (tick fever) of the Rocky Mountains; a new disease. By 
John F. Anderson. 
No. 15. — Inefficiency of ferrous sulphate as an antiseptic and germicide. By Allan 
J. McLaughlin. 
No. 16. — The antiseptic and germicidal properties of glycerin. ByM. J. Rosenau. 
In citing these bulletins, beginning with No. 8, bibliographers and authors are 
requested to adopt the following abbreviations: Bull. No. , Hyg. Lab., U. S. 
Pub. Health & Mar.-Hosp. Serv., Wash., pp. . 
MAILING LIST. 
The Laboratory will enter into exchange of publications with medical and scientific 
organizations, societies, laboratories, journals, and authom. Its pubhcations will also 
be sent to nonpublishing societies and individuals in case sufficient reason can be 
shown why such societies or individuals should receive them. All applications for 
these publications should be addressed to the “Surgeon-General, U. S. Pubhc Health . 
and Marine-Hospital Service, Washington, D. C.” 
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