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
KANE, E.R. A Grub Supposed to Have Traveled in the Human Body.
_Insect Life_, II, 1890, pp. 238-239. Larva of bot-fly taken from
face of boy. It had been traveling under the skin for about five
months.
MCCAMPBELL, E.F., AND COOPER, H.J. _Myiasis intestinalis_ Due to
Infection with Three Species of Dipterous Larvæ. _Jour. Amer. Med.
Assn._, 53, Oct. 9, 1909, pp. 1160-62. General notes on this
subject and a report on a case in which larvæ of three different
species of flies were obtained from one patient.
MEINERT, FR. _Lucilia nobilis_ Parasitic on Man. _Insect Life_, II,
1892, pp. 36-37. Two larvæ from the ear of a man proved to be the
above species.
MURTFELEDT, M.E. Hominivorous Habits of the Screw-worm in St.
Louis. _Insect Life_, IV, 1891, p. 200. Many larvæ of this species
removed from the nasal passages of a patient.
NELSON, J.B. Insects in the Human Ear. _Insect Life_, VI, 1893, p.
56. Two cases in which blow-fly larvæ are reported as coming from
the human ear.
RILEY, W.A. A Case of Pseudoparasitism by Dipterous Larvæ. _Canad.
Ento._, 38, 1906, p. 413. Several larvæ, species undetermined,
removed from back of patient.
SAY, THOMAS. On a South American Species of OEstrus Which
Inhabits the Human Body. _Tr. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci._, Vol. 2, 1822,
pp. 353-360. Extended notes on various dipterous larvæ infesting
man.
SNOW, F.H. Hominivorous Habits of _Lucilia macellaria_ "The
Screw-worm." _Psyche_, 4, 1883, pp. 27-30. Cites observations made
by himself and others.
WILLISTON, S.W. The Screw-worm Fly _Compsomyia macellaria_.
_Psyche_, 4, 1883, pp. 112-114. Notes on this species with a
translation of a Spanish article by Anibalzaga in which instances
of this fly infesting human beings are recorded.
YOUNT, C.E., AND SUDLER, M.T. Human Myiasis from the Screw-worm
Fly. _Jour. Amer. Med. Assn._, Vol. 49, No. 23, 1907, p. 1912.
Several cases giving reference to literature, symptomatology,
diagnosis.
STOMOXYS AND OTHER FLIES
AUSTEN, E.E. Blood-sucking and Other Flies Known or Likely to Be
Concerned in the Spread of Disease. In Albutt's and Rolleston's
_System of Med._, 2, 1907, pp. 169-186. A descriptive list of these
flies. Bibliography.
AUSTEN, E.E. Illustrations of African Blood-sucking Flies Other
Than Mosquitoes and Tsetse-flies. London, 1909.
NEWSTEAD, R. On the Life-history of _Stomoxys calcitrans_. _Jour.
Econom. Biology_, Vol. I, 1906, pp. 157-166. Describes habits and
life-history of larvæ and adults. Important article.
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