The rat and its relation to the public health / by various authors ; prepared by direction of the Surgeon-General ; Treasury Department, Public Health and Marine Hospital Service of the United States.
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The rat and its relation to the public health / by various authors ; prepared by direction of the Surgeon-General ; Treasury Department, Public Health and Marine Hospital Service of the United States. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The Flea and Its Relation to Plague—Continued. Results of identification of fleas in California Synopsis of fleas commonly found on rats Ceratophyllus Fasciatus, Bose Loemopsylla Cheopis, Rothschild Ctenopsyllus Musculi, Dugfis_ Pulex Irritans, Linnaeus Ctenocephalus Canis, Curtis References Rodents in Relation to the Transmission of Bubonic Plague (Rupert Blue)... Epidemiological observations in San Francisco Theories as to the cause of seasonal prevalence The occurrence of plague in the marmot of Asia and ground squirrel of California Plague infection in ground squirrels The natural habitat of plague References Rodent Extermination (Wm. Colby Rucker) Trapping ' ’’ Poisoning Natural enemies Cutting off of the rat’s food supply Building the rat out of existence Natural Enemies of the Rat (David E. Lantz) Animals that destroy rats Hawks Owls Wild mammals Skunks Weasels Minks Domestic animals Dogs Cats Ferrets Other animals Mongoose Alligators Snakes Bounties on predatory animals Rat-Proofing as an Antiplague Measure (Richard H. Creel) ^ Rat-proofing of primary importance Rat-proofing is expensive Methods of rat-proofing Rat-proofing ordinances should be specific ‘ ] Choice of architecture and building materials Inefficiency of Bacterial Viruses in the Extermination of Rats (Milton J. Rosenau ) Introduction Experiments upon rat virus in the Hygienic Laboratory Experiments with micro-organisms for destroying rats by the U S Biolog- ical Survey Experiments during the San Francisco plague outbreak Opinions of others Pathogenicity for man References to the literature Resume Page. 135 136 136 138 140 142 143 144 145 147 149 150 150 151 152 153 154 156 159 160 161 163 163 163 164 166 166 166 167 167 167 167 168 168 168 168 169 169 171 173 174 175 177 178 179 179 183 186 188 190 193 201 204](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28050733_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
