Household pests and household remedies / by W. R. Boelter.

  • Boelter, W. R.
Date:
[1909]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Household pests and household remedies / by W. R. Boelter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONG EANaES: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. Ants, Ancient and Modern—English and. Foreign—The Yellow Ant—The Black Ant—The Driver Ant—The Sugar Ant—Ants as Allies of Man—The Red Wood Ant—*‘ Ant-eggs ’’—Ant-lore —Ants in Medicine—How to get rid of Ants and Termites CHAPTER oi: Bucs. Bugs 2,000 Years Ago—Invade England about 1600 and overrun the Country—'' Bug-destroyer to Her Majesty and the Royal Family ’’—‘“ Harvest-bugs ”’—Indian Bugs—Bugs in . Medicine—Bug-lore— Norfolk Howards ”—Vermin v. Vermin —The Cockroach as the Natural Enemy of the Bug—Remedies against the Bug : ve wae te ee , CHAPTER ITT. CockroacHES. More Alien Invaders—A Loathsome Pest—The “ Rat of the Hearth ”—Cockroaches as a Cure for Dropsy—Chemical and Mechanical Means of Destroying Cockroaches—A Valuable Ally : the Hedgehog | CHAPTER IV. CRICKETS. A Sentimental Insect—Crickets in Literature and Lore —Crickets as a Nuisance—The Doom of the Cricket on the Hearth provided by the Cockroach PAGE 21 40 48