sibility of the Mosquito
Acting in the Transmission of Leprosy. _Pub. Health and Mar. Hospt.
Ser._ (general publications), 1908. Suggests the possibilities of
such transmission, but concludes that the probabilities are against
it.

GOODHUE, E.S. The Bacillus Leprae in the Gnat and Bedbug. _Ind.
Med. Gaz._, Vol. XLI, Aug., 1906, p. 342. Has found this bacillus
in mosquitoes and bedbugs, but believes the latter is more
concerned in transmitting the disease.

GOODHUE, E.S. Mosquitoes and Their Relation to Leprosy in Hawaii.
_Amer. Med._, N.S., 2, 1907, p. 593. Suggests that mosquitoes may
carry the disease, also warns against danger from flies and
bedbugs.

HUTCHINSON, J. Mosquitoes and Leprosy. _Brit. Med. Jour._, Dec. 22,
1906, Vol. II, p. 1841. Evidence against the insect theory of
transmission of leprosy.

MUGLISTON, T.C. On a Possible Mode of Communication of Leprosy.
_Jour. Trop. Med._, Vol. VIII, July 15, 1905, p. 209. Suggests that
the itch-mite may be the carrier of leprosy. Studies on 77 lepers
led him to this conclusion.

SMYTH, W.R. Leprosy. _Brit. Med. Jour._, Dec. 8, 1906, Vol. II, p.
1670. Believes that bedbugs or some similar wingless parasite
conveys the disease.

PLAGUE

BRANNERMAN, W.B. Spread of Plague in India. _Jour. of Hyg._, Vol.
6, No. 2, Apr., 1906, pp. 179-211. A digest of experiments made in
India. Discusses various ways in which the disease may be spread.
Review of the evidence that insects may be concerned. Bibliography.

CALVERT, W.J. Plague. _Osler's Mod. Med._, Vol. II, 1907, p. 760.
History; bacteriology; pathology; plague among animals;
transmission, etc.

HAM, B. BURNETT. Report on Plague in Queensland, 1900-1907. P. 153
discusses the rat-flea theory of dissemination of bubonic plague,
summing up the evidence of various observers, including the Indian
Advisory Com. and others. Considers the evidence conclusive that
_P. cheopis_ and possibly _C. fasciatus_ transmit plague. Other
pages discuss various rat fleas and their relation to plague in
rats.

HANKIN, E.H. On the Epidemiology of Plague. _Jour. Hyg._, 5, 1905,
pp. 48-83. A comprehensive discussion of the disease and its
spread, several pages devoted to rats and fleas; evidence for and
against the theory that rats and fleas