lice as carriers of disease

Discusses three known disease carriers, fleas, lice, and mosquitoes, and epidemics which they have caused.

Reprint of a 1935 text, chronicling the impact of epidemics on society, tracking the origins and growth of typhus, and discussing the nature of infectious diseases, their effect on the ancient world, and their influence on political and military history.

Discusses the history of bloodsucking lice and fleas, examines their family trees, anatomy, life cycles, predators, and prey, and looks at myths and facts about the insects, as well as how to get rid of them.

Reprint of a 1935 text, chronicling the impact of epidemics on society, tracking the origins and growth of typhus, and discussing the nature of infectious diseases, their effect on the ancient world, and their influence on political and military history.

Provides a brief overview of lice, describing what they are, how the affect people and animals, and how to avoid getting lice.

Discusses three known disease carriers, fleas, lice, and mosquitoes, and epidemics which they have caused.