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
HAMILTON, ALICE. The Fly as a Carrier of Typhoid. _Jour. Amer. Med.
Assn._, 40, 1903, pp. 576-83. A study of a typhoid outbreak in
Chicago gives good evidence that the flies were important factors
in the spread of the disease.
HEWITT, C.G. The Biology of House-flies in Relation to Public
Health. _Royal Inst. Pub. Health Jour._, Oct., 1908.
HOWARD, L.O. A contribution to the Study of the Insect Fauna of
Human Excrement. _Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci._, 2, 1900, pp. 541-600.
Special reference to the house-fly and typhoid fever.
HOWARD, L.O. Flies and Typhoid. _Pop. Sci. Mo._, Jan., 1901, pp.
249-256. A popular account of several species of flies that may be
concerned in carrying typhoid.
KLEIN, E. Flies as Carriers of _B. typhus_. _Brit. Med. Jour._,
Oct. 17, 1908, pp. 1150-51. In cultures made from flies he found
great numbers of _B. coli communis_ and _B. typhosus_, showing that
flies may carry these germs.
MARTIN, A. Flies in Relation to Typhoid and Summer Diarrhea.
_Public Health_, 15, 1903, pp. 652-653. Believes that the house-fly
is largely responsible for these diseases.
REED, WALTER. _War Dept. An. Rept._, 1899, pp. 627-633. Flies the
cause of a typhoid outbreak in army in 1899.
HOUSE-FLY AND VARIOUS DISEASES
BUCHANAN, R.A., GLASG, F.F., AND M.B. The Carriage of Infection by
Flies. _Lancet_, 173, 1907, pp. 216-218. Flies carry various germs
on their feet and distribute them where they walk. Must protect
food from contamination.
BREWSTER, E.T. The Fly. The Disease of the House. _McClure's
Magazine_, XXXIII; No. 5, Sept., 1909, pp. 564-568. Proposes to
make use of tropisms for ridding the houses of flies.
CASTELLANI, ALDO. Experimental Investigation on _Framboesia
tropica_ (Yaws). _Jour. of Hyg._, Vol. VII, 1907, pp. 558-599. On
pages 566-568 he discusses the part played by insects in
transmitting the disease. Gives detail of experiments conducted and
concludes that under certain conditions yaws may be conveyed by
flies and possibly other insects.
COBB, J.O. Is the Common House-fly a Factor in the Spread of
Tuberculosis? _Amer. Med._, 9, 1905, pp. 475-477. Believes that the
bacilli may enter the system through the digestive tract and that
flies carry them to our food.
DICKENSON, G.K. The House-fly and Its Connection with Disease
Dissemination. _Med. Record_, 71, 1907, pp. 134-139. Summary;
bibliography.
ESTEN, W.M., AND MASON, C.J. Sources of Bacteria in Milk. Starr's
_Agric. Ex. Stn., Conn. Bull._, 51, 1908. Shows how flies may carry
bacteria to milk. Table showing number of bacteria on flies from
various sources.
FELT, E.P. The Economic Status of the House-fly. _Jour. Eco.
Ento._, Vol. 2, No. 1, Feb., 1909, pp. 39-45. A summary of the
charges, possibilities, proofs, etc. Discussion.
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