Report on the bed-bug.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Health
Date:
1934
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Credit: Report on the bed-bug. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MISCELLANEOUS. Aprrs, W. M. (1913): Zanzibar Protectorate, Med. and Sanit. Rept. p. 76. Presence of the Bed-bug in Zanzibar. BiatcHuEy, W. 8S. (1928): Florida Ent., 12, 43. Differentiates between C. lectularius and Haematosiphon inodorus Dug. BopENHEIMER, F.S. (1924): Zbl. Bakt., [Abt. Orig.], 98, 474. Curves showing rate of development of various insects (including Bed-bugs) at different temperatures. CHEVALIER, L. (1929): Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. méd. Seine-et-Oise, 10, 46. Animals that prey on the Bed-bug. Fruint, W. P. (1922): Cire. Illinois Agric. Hxpt. Sta. No. 257. Gives a short life history and the usual remedies. HCN and sulphur as fumigants, kerosene and mercuric chloride as contact insecticides. Grrautt, A. A. (1907): Zool. Ann., 2, 143. A bibliography of the Bed-bug Cimeaz lectularius L. up to the year 1906. Loranpo, N. T. (1929): Sci. Mon. [N.Y.], 29, 265 (from Rev. Appl. Ent.). In Greece a spider Thanatos flavidus Simon preys upon Cimez, 30 to 40 Bed-bugs being eaten daily. Small spiders start feeding at once. Matty, C. W. (1920): S. Afr. J. Sci. Johannesburg, 17, 64. Independent of any transmission of disease . . . the Bed-bug deserves special attention on account of its influence on the efficiency of labour. Morr, D.C. (1917): Bull. Ohio Agric. Haupt. Sta., No. 320, p. 139. C. lectularius has been found to infest chicken coops in various parts of the State. RouBAND, E. and Wuziss, A. (1927): Arch. Inst. Pasteur Tunis, 16, 81. Ploiaria domestica, Scott, preys on Bed-bugs in Tunis. South Africa. (1922): J. Dept. Agric., 4, 209. Oimex pilosellus, the Bat-bug, is not likely to be a regular parasite of man. Printed under the authority of His Masgesry’s STATIONERY OFrion, By Wymans London Printing Company, Ltd., 93, Long Acre, W.0.%. 6320. Wh. 2661/3676. 2500. 4/34. Wy.L.P.Co.,Ltd. Gp. 2.
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