Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE BOOK OF THE FLY

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MICROBES AND TOXINS
by DR. ETIENNE BURNET.
PREFACE by PROFESSOR E.
METCHNIKOFF

_Illustrated, Cr. 8vo, 5/- net._

"It is one of those works which French
authors seem to be especially skilful in
producing—works which, while they treat
their subject in the broadest possible
way, and in a manner to interest the
educated general reader as well as the
specialist, and yet at the same time
accurate and precise in detail."—_Lancet._

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

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THE BOOK OF

THE FLY

A NATURE STUDY OF THE
HOUSE-FLY AND ITS KIN,
THE FLY PLAGUE AND A CURE

BY

G. HURLSTONE HARDY

With an Introduction by
HALFORD ROSS.

LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN

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_London: William Heinemann, 1915_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

PREFACE BY E. HALFORD ROSS, ESQ., M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P., &C.

I. A PRODUCT OF HUMAN INSANITATION 1

II. IDENTIFICATION OF THE COMMON HOUSE-FLY 7

III. SOME OTHER FLIES AND THEIR DIVERSE HABITS 16

IV. MYIASIS AND THE ŒSTRIDÆ 26

V. GENERAL LIFE HISTORY 33

VI. STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE-FLY 43

VII. DISTRIBUTION AND CONCENTRATION OF FLIES 49

VIII. NATURAL ENEMIES OF FLIES 53

IX. DISSEMINATORS OF DISEASE 58

X. REMEDIAL MEASURES; CREMATION OF REFUSE 64

XI. CONTROL WITHIN THE HOUSE 71

XII. SERVICE AND UTILITY OF FLIES 78

XIII. A CAMPAIGN OF EFFECTIVE WARFARE, CONCLUSION 84

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