Insects and Diseases: A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common DiseasesDoane, Rennie Wilbur
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Insects and Diseases: A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases
Doane, Rennie Wilbur
Insect pests; Insects as carriers of disease
LEICHTENSTERN, O. Dengue. In Nothnagel's _Encyclopedia of Practical
Med._, Amer. Ed., 1905, pp. 720-743. Consideration of the disease
and its transmission.
ROSS, E.H. The Prevention of Dengue Fever. _Amer. Trop. Med. &
Parasit._, Vol. II, No. 3, July 1, 1908, pp. 193-195. 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. Questions
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 elephantiasis.
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 Rôle 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.
GOODHUE, E.S. The Bacillus Lepræ in the Gnat and Bedbug. _Ind.
Med. Gaz._, Vol. XLI, Aug., 1906, p. 342. Has found this bacillus
in mosquitoes and bedbugs, but believes the latter is more
concerned in transmitting the disease.
GOODHUE, E.S. Mosquitoes and Their Relation to Leprosy in Hawaii.
_Amer. Med._, N.S., 2, 1907, p. 593. Suggests that mosquitoes may
carry the disease, also warns against danger from flies and
bedbugs.
HUTCHINSON, J. Mosquitoes and Leprosy. _Brit. Med. Jour._, Dec. 22,
1906, Vol. II, p. 1841. Evidence against the insect theory of
transmission of leprosy.
MUGLISTON, T.C. On a Possible Mode of Communication of Leprosy.
_Jour. Trop. Med._, Vol. VIII, July 15, 1905, p. 209. Suggests that
the itch-mite may be the carrier of leprosy. Studies on 77 lepers
led him to this conclusion.
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