Anaphylaxis, 177 Appearance of plague in Porto Rico, 26 New Orleans, 26 Manila, 26 Appeal for public coöperation, 126, 127 Australia, plague in, 22 Alaska, plague in, 22 Africa, South, plague in, 22 Africa, Central, plague in, 22 Africa, East, plague in, 22 Africa, British East, plague in, 25 Africa, Portuguese East, plague in, 26 Asian marmot, 28 Australia, rat fleas of, 32 Activity of fleas, 33 Attenuation of virulence of cholera organism, 35 Bacillus pestis, 35 Adaptability of rat to temperature and environment, 51 Anti-plague campaign in Manila, 1912-1914, 57 Amoy, importation of plague from, 59 Anti-rat measures in R. R. cars, 92 Activity of fleas, 98 Austrian Plague Commission, 133 Agglutination of plague bacilli, 134-135 Animals suspected of plague, observations on, 146-149 Abatement of plague in Hong Kong in 1914, 160 Anti-plague work, dangers of, 163, 164 Bacteriologic observations, 127 Bacillus pestis, in air, 38 in ants, 138 in bedbugs, 33, 138 conveyance by fleas, 28, 30, 31 cultivation of, 133, 138 cultural characteristics of, 133, 138 in circulating blood, 133, 136 in cats, 150 effect of temperature upon, 34 in flies, 33, 138 in fleas, 138 in lice, 33, 138 effect of seasonal conditions on, 34 in cockroaches, 33 in sputum, 132 stability of virulence of, 35, 36 in skin, 132 Blue, Dr. Rupert, 31 Brazil, plague in, 22 Black Death of Europe, 20 British East Africa, plague in, 25 Bite of flea, 31 Brazil, rat fleas of, 32 Bedbug, conveyance of B. pestis by, 33 Barber, Dr. M., 38 Bacterial viruses for rat destruction, 43 Bacterial virus, Danysz, 53 Bacillus, Danysz, 53 use of, in Odessa, 53 use of, in Cape Town, 53 B. typhi murium, 53 Bacillus, mouse-typhoid, of Loeffler, 53 B. enteritidis, Gärtner's, 54 Bacterial rat poisons, use of, in Japan, 54 Beginning of Manila epidemic, 60 Binondo, Manila, plague in, 63 Bamboo timbers, closing ends of, 71 Basements, insanitary, 72 Birth-rate of rats, 73 Bionomics of fleas, 77 Batavia, Dutch India (Java), 77 Bureau of Science, Manila, 92 Barn rat, 99 Burrowing ability of rats, 102 Breaking up rat nests, Manila, 106 Bacteriologic examination of plague patients, 128 Blood-sucking insects, transmission of plague by, 137 Bacillus pestis, insects found to contain (Table III), 138, 139 Biologic diagnosis of plague, 167 procedure, diagnosis, 168