REPORTS ON PLAGUE INVESTIGATIONS 
IN INDIA 
ISSUED BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY 
OF STATE FOR INDIA, THE ROYAL SOCIETY, AND THE LISTER 
INSTITUTE. 
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Contents of the Second Plague Number, July 1907 
XI. The diagnosis of natural rat plague 
XII. The pathological histology of the spleen and liver in spontaneous rat plague, with obser¬ 
vations on the experimental infection. By J. C. G. Ledingham, M.B., B.Sc., M.A. 
XIII. Transmission of plague by feeding rats with infected material 
XIV. On the significance of the locality of the primary bubo in animals infected with plague 
in nature 
XV. Further observations on the transmission of plague by fleas, with special reference to the 
fate of the plague bacillus in the body of the rat flea (P. eheopis) 
XVI. Experimental production of plague epidemics among animals. (Second Communication) 
XVII. Experiments in plague houses in Bombay. (Second Communication) 
XVIII. On the external anatomy of the Indian rat flea (P. eheopis), and its differentiation from 
some other common fleas 
XIX. On the natural occurrence of chronic plague in rats 
XX. A note on man as a host of the Indian rat flea (P. eheopis) 
154 pp. with 6 plates 
Contents of the Third Plague Number, December 1907 
XXI. Digest of recent observations on the epidemiology of plague 
XXII. The epidemiological observations made by the commission in Bombay City 
XXIII. Observations made in four villages in the neighbourhood of Bombay 
XXIV. General considerations regarding the spread of infection, infectivity of houses, etc., in 
Bombay City and Island 
XXV. Observations in the Punjab villages of Dhand and Easel. 
302 pp., with 23 plates, and 76 maps and charts 
Contents of the Fourth Plague Number, May 1908 
XXVI. The part played by insects in the epidemiology of plague. By D. T. Verjbitski, M.D., 
St Petersburg 
XXVn. Report on experiments undertaken to discover whether the common domestic animals of 
India are affected by plague. By W. B. Bannerman and E. J. Kapadia 
XXVIII. Additional experiments on the septicaemia in human plague, with an account of 
experiments on the infectivity of the excreta 
XXIX. Observations on the bionomics of fleas with special reference to Pulex eheopis 
XXX. The mechanism by means of which the flea clears itself of plague bacilli 
XXXI. On the seasonal prevalence of plague in India 
XXXn. On the differential diagnosis of the plague bacillus from certain allied organisms 
148 pp. with 7 charts 
Contents of the Fifth Plague Number, November 1910 
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XXXIX. 
The experimental production of plague epidemics among animals. (Third com¬ 
munication.) (Diagrams I—VII) 
Resolving (chronic) plague in rats. (Plate VIII) 
On the spread of epidemic plague through districts with scattered villages: with 
a statistical analysis by Dr M. Greenwood. (Maps I—XLVIII) 
Observations on rat and human plague in Belgaum. (Maps I—XVII, Plates IX and 
X, and Charts I—III) ' 
Observations on rat and human plague in Poona. (Maps I—V, Plate XI, and 
Charts I—VIH) 
Experiments on the vaccination of animals against plague by Dr S. Rowland 
Interim report by the Advisory Committee 
254 pp., with 7 diagrams , 4 plates , 70 maps and 11 charts 
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