VEEDER, M.A. Flies as Spreaders of Sickness in Camps. _Med. Record_, 54, 1898, pp. 429-430. Flies feed on typhoid excreta and pass to food. Cultures made from fly tracks and excreta show many bacteria present.
VEEDER, M.A. The Relative Importance of Flies and Water Supply in Spreading Disease. _Med. Record_, 55, 1899, pp. 10-12. Reasons for believing that flies spread disease in many instances. Burial of infected typhoid material no protection but a menace.
Dangers from Flies. E.P.W. _Nature_, Vol. 29, pp. 482-483. Review of an article by Dr. B. Grassi in regard to flies and various diseases. Opthalmia is discussed. Flies may ingest and pass unharmed eggs of various human parasites including tapeworm.
ALLEN, CHAS. H. Demonstration of Locomotion in the Larvæ of the OEstridæ. _Proc. Amer. Assn. Adv. Set._, Vol. 24, 1875, pp. 230-236. Larvæ taken from flesh of child, one had moved thirty-six inches and one six inches.
FRENCH, G.H. A Parasite the Supposed Cause of Some Cases of Epilepsy. _Canad. Ento._, 32, 1900, pp. 263-264. Larvæ of _Gastrophilus_ or _Dermatobia_ in the alimentary canal supposed to have caused spasms in young boy.
GILBERT, N.C. Infection of Man by Dipterous Larvæ with Report of Four Cases. _Archives of Internal Med._, Oct., 1908. Historical; various kinds sometimes found in man; good summary of subject. Bibliography.
HARRISON, J.H.H. A Case of Myiasis. _Jour. Trop. Med. & Hyg._, XI, Oct. 15, 1908, p. 305. Over 300 larvæ of _Lucilia macellaria_ removed from face of negro woman.
HUMBERT, FRED. _Lucilia macellaria_ Infesting Man. _Proc. U.S. Nat. Museum_, 6, 1883, pp. 103-104. Records several cases in which the screw-worm infested patients.
JENYUS, LEONARD. _Trans. Ento. Soc._, London, Vol. II, 1839, pp. 152-159. Notice of a case in which the larvæ of a dipterous insect, supposed to be _Anthomyia canicularis_, Meig., were expelled in large quantities from the human intestines.
KANE, E.R. A Grub Supposed to Have Traveled in the Human Body. _Insect Life_, II, 1890, pp. 238-239. Larva of bot-fly taken from face of boy. It had been traveling under the skin for about five months.
MCCAMPBELL, E.F., AND COOPER, H.J. _Myiasis intestinalis_ Due to Infection with Three Species of Dipterous Larvæ. _Jour. Amer. Med. Assn._, 53, Oct. 9, 1909, pp. 1160-62. General notes on this subject and a report on a case in which larvæ of three different species of flies were obtained from one patient.