MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
Balfour, Andrew. Further Observations on Fowl Spirochætosis. Jour. Trop. Med. & Hyg., 12, Oct. 1, 1909, pp. 285–289. Ticks and lice may carry this disease.
Chittenden, F.H. Harvest-mites or "Chiggers." Circular 77, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. Ento., 1906, pp. 1–16. Descriptions of these pests and their habits. Remedies.
Doty, A.H. The Means by Which Infectious Diseases Are Transmitted. Amer. Jour. of Med. Sci., 138, July, 1909, pp. 30–39. Flies and mosquitoes as disseminators of disease briefly discussed.
Duncan, F.M. Industrial Entomology: the Economic Importance of a Study of Insect Life. Jour. Roy. Soc. Arts, May 22, 1908, pp. 688–696. A very interesting review of the subject of insects and disease.
Flexner, Simon. Science, N.S., Vol. 27, No. 682, Jan. 24, 1908, pp. 133–136. On these pages the author discusses relation of bacteria and Protozoa to human diseases.
Goldberger, Jos., and Shamberg, J.F. Epidemic of an Utricaroid dermatitis Due to a Small Mite (Pediculoides ventricosus) in the Straw of Mattresses. Pub. Health Rept., Pub. Health and Mar. Hospt. Ser., July 9, 1909, Vol. XXIV, No. 28. Experiments showed that a certain skin disease occurring during summer was due to this mite.
Gorgas, W.C. The Part Sanitation Is Playing in the Construction of the Panama Canal. Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., 53, Aug. 21, 1909, pp. 597–599. Shows the changes that have been brought about by modern sanitation and the destroying of the mosquitoes' breeding-places.
Howard, L.O. Hydrocyanic-acid Gas Against Household Insects. Circular 46, U.S. Dept. Agric., Div. of Ento., 1902. Directions for handling this dangerous gas.