York and London, 1905. Chapters on yellow fever, malarial diseases
and plague; contains references to the relation of insects to these
diseases.

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

BALFOUR, ANDREW. Further Observations on Fowl Spirochaetosis. _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.

KING, A.F.G. Insects and Disease; Mosquitoes and Malaria. _Pop.
Sci. Mo._, XXIII, 1883, pp. 644-658. Extended article in which the
author sums up the observations which led him to believe that
malaria and other diseases were transmitted by the mosquito. One of
the earliest articles on this subject; refers to an article in _New
Orleans Med. & Surg. Jour._, Vol. IV, 1848, pp. 563-601, by Josiah
Nott, who maintained that yellow fever