Dr. Read then showed the most prominent among the inst slides and followed each picture with valuable information. He Which he called the nond, as it seems to prefer fat and well-to-do people, but warned of its brother, the rat flea, the carrier of plague, this dreaded disease which at the moment is showing its ugly head in Ningpo. The louse, on the contrary, thrives on poverty, it does not like the light, that is why the Notwegians say, that 4 louse is as kobe as a compass, as. when if comes ott in the open, it always travels north, to get away from the sun. It is the carrier of baked or steamed in hot ovens to typhus and soldiers garments are
mach of the vermin as possible. The bedbug sucks your blood and leaves you in a weakened state, and it is said, that the teachers in the poor districts of London cat tell by the face of their pupils who have bedbugs in their home. The éenti-pede and the scorpion are poisonous creatures, the ¢entipede is the most malignant, it hes 42 legs and two jaws, which all transmit poison. Imfor children. Toads are poisonous, but from the blisters on their skin a heart medicine is made. Cock-Tosches are best exterminated by sodium fluoride, which is a strong parson. Care should be taken not to get it in food. Common borax is also useful AN spiders have a p‹ serious bite, but the human skin is foo tough or them. which is just as well for us as they have an uncanny flair for finding the most vul-nefable spot on their enemies and strike without mercy. They have the senses of touch, smell, sight and hearing.
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