Show plague and fleas the part played by fleas in the spread of plague Is dealt with in an able manner by J W W S 1 in nature A latin w writer Avi cenna is quoted to show that about the year 1600 it was known know a that there was some definite connection between rats and plague in more recent y years ears it has bag been ametter of common observation in india that in times 0 plague a large number of dead rats are found and these are found to contain the plague bacilli in abundance in 1898 st sl mond expressed the view that in the majority of 0 cases the plague was conveyed from the rat to man through the agency of the flea experiments which he tried with fleas from rats dead of the plague showed how this is possible other experimenters have obtained similar results while others have been led to doubt simonds monds Sl generalization |