Full Description
First published in 1914 as part of the Cambridge Public Health series and as a second edition of a 1913 original, this book examines how flies that do not suck blood can still transmit diseases from host to host. Graham-Smith examines the life histories and habits of various species of fly that are common in the United Kingdom as well as further afield, and suggests methods to prevent and control the fly population. The text is richly annotated with photographs, illustrations and charts, and will be of value to anyone with an interest in disease prevention and the history of public health.
Contents
1. Introduction; 2. The species of non-bloodsucking flies found in houses; 3. Life-history of the house-fly (M. domestica); 4. The internal anatomy of the house-fly; 5. The structure and function of the proboscis; 6. The functions of the crop and proventriculus; 7. Habits of adult flies; 8. Methods of observing flies in captivity; 9. The ways in which flies carry and distribute bacteria; 10. The bacteriology of city flies; 11. The survival in the adult fly of micro-organisms ingested by the larva; 12. Flies and specific diseases; 13. Typhoid or enteric fever and diseases caused by allied organisms; 14. Epidemic or summer diarrhoea; 15. Cholera; 16. Tuberculosis; 17. Anthrax; 18. Other bacterial diseases - diptheria, opthalmia, plague, staphylococcal infections; 19. Non-bacterial diseases - infantile paralysis, small pox, typical sore, trypanosomiasis, yaws; 20. On the part played by flies in the dispersal of the eggs of parasitic worms; 21. Infection by non-biting flies of wounds caused by biting flies; 22. Myiasis; 23. The diseases of flies; 24. The parasites of flies; 25. Enemies of flies; 26. Flies breeding in or frequenting human faeces; 27. Prevention and control of flies; 28. Summary and conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography; Authors' index; Subject index.
