. Handbook of medical entomology. Insect pests; Insects as carriers of disease; Medical parasitology. RMe of Fleas in the Transmission of Plague 169 In California there were 125 cases in the period 1900-04; three cases in the next three years and then from May 1907 to March 1908, during the height of the outbreak, 170 cases. Since that time there have been only sporadic cases, the last case reported being in May 1914. Still more recent were the outbreaks in the Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, and Cuba. On June 24, 1914, there was recognized a case of human plague in New Orleans. The Federal He
. Handbook of medical entomology. Insect pests; Insects as carriers of disease; Medical parasitology. RMe of Fleas in the Transmission of Plague 169 In California there were 125 cases in the period 1900-04; three cases in the next three years and then from May 1907 to March 1908, during the height of the outbreak, 170 cases. Since that time there have been only sporadic cases, the last case reported being in May 1914. Still more recent were the outbreaks in the Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, and Cuba. On June 24, 1914, there was recognized a case of human plague in New Orleans. The Federal Health Service immediately took charge, and measures for the eradication of the disease were vigor- ously enforced. Up to Otcober 10, 1914 there had been reported 30 cases of the disease in man, and 181 cases of plague in 112 b. The modern method of combating the plague. A day's catch of rats in the fight against plague in San Francisco. Courtesy of Review of Reviews. The present-day methods of combating bubonic plague are well illustrated by the fight in San Francisco. Had it not been for the strenuous and radical anti-plague campaign directed by the United States Marine Hospital Service we might have had in our own cotintry an illustration of what the disease can accomplish. On what newly acquired knowledge was this fight based? The basis was laid in 1894, when the plague bacillus was first discovered. All through the centuries, before and dtiring the Christian era, down to 1894, the subject was enveloped in darkness and there had been a helpless, almost hopeless struggle in ignorance on the part of physicians, sanitarians, and pubUc health officials against the ravages of this dread disease. Now its cause, method of propaga- tion and means to prevent its spread are matters of scientific cer- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustration
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