Main description:

First published in 1914, this book was written as an exploration into the role of biting flies in the transmission of disease. Attention is focused on the modes of life occupied by the insects, the means by which infections are transmitted, and preventative measures through which infection could be avoided. The text is designed to bridge the gap between entomological and medical areas, allowing for a pragmatic approach to disease prevention that acknowledges the interdependence of fields. As far as possible, the description of an infection will immediately follow that of the family concerned with its transmission. Written as the companion volume to Non-bloodsucking Flies, this is an illuminating book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in entomological studies and the history of medicine.

Contents:

1. Introduction; 2. Diptera - general description and classification; 3. Biting-flies as carriers of disease; 4. Orthorrhapha Nematocera; 5. Family Phychodidae (moth-flies and sand-flies); 6. Diseases carried by Phlebotomus - pappataci fever; 7. Family Culicidae (gnats or mosquitoes); 8. Culicidae (mosquitoes) continued. Classification; 9. Anopheline-transmitted diseases; 10. Culcinae; 11. Diseases transmitted by Culcinae. Yellow fever, dengue, bird malaria, etc.; 12. Diseases transmitted by Anophelinae and Culcinae. Filariasis; 13. Orthorrhapha Brachycera; 14. Family Tabanidae (breeze-flies, cleggs, horse-flies, gad-flies, seroot-flies); 15. Cyclorrhapa Schizophora; 16. The tsetse-flies - genus Glossina wied., 1830; 17. Glossina and disease. The Trypanosomes; 18. Glossina and disease (continued); 19. Stomoxys; 20. Infections transmitted by Stomoxys; 21. Lyperosia; 22. Family Hippoboscidae (tick-flies); 23. Infections transmitted by Hippoboscidae; Index.