------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE BOOK OF THE FLY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MICROBES AND TOXINS by DR. ETIENNE BURNET. PREFACE by PROFESSOR E. METCHNIKOFF _Illustrated, Cr. 8vo, 5/- net._ "It is one of those works which French authors seem to be especially skilful in producing—works which, while they treat their subject in the broadest possible way, and in a manner to interest the educated general reader as well as the specialist, and yet at the same time accurate and precise in detail."—_Lancet._ LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE BOOK OF THE FLY A NATURE STUDY OF THE HOUSE-FLY AND ITS KIN, THE FLY PLAGUE AND A CURE BY G. HURLSTONE HARDY With an Introduction by HALFORD ROSS. [Illustration: logo] LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _London: William Heinemann, 1915_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE PREFACE BY E. HALFORD ROSS, ESQ., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., &C. I. A PRODUCT OF HUMAN INSANITATION 1 II. IDENTIFICATION OF THE COMMON HOUSE-FLY 7 III. SOME OTHER FLIES AND THEIR DIVERSE HABITS 16 IV. MYIASIS AND THE ŒSTRIDÆ 26 V. GENERAL LIFE HISTORY 33 VI. STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE-FLY 43 VII. DISTRIBUTION AND CONCENTRATION OF FLIES 49 VIII. NATURAL ENEMIES OF FLIES 53 IX. DISSEMINATORS OF DISEASE 58 X. REMEDIAL MEASURES; CREMATION OF REFUSE 64 XI. CONTROL WITHIN THE HOUSE 71 XII. SERVICE AND UTILITY OF FLIES 78 XIII. A CAMPAIGN OF EFFECTIVE WARFARE, CONCLUSION 84 * * * * * APPENDIX