PLAGUE AND FLEAS.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. By Tuli3jrai)h-Press Association-CopyTicht (Bee. April IG, 5.5 p.m.) Peking, April 15. Dr. Petrie, one of the delegates to the Plague Conference, discovered thirty-sis very largo fleas on twelve marmots. The discovery is regarded as important, as it may possibly suggest the method of transmission of plague to human beings.
There are several species of marmot in Europe, Asia, and North America. They are the largest living representatives o"f the squirrel family, of stout, (Uick-sct form, with short, bushy tail. They live in underground burrows, generally in open ground, and often in communities, and hibernate in winter.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1103, 17 April 1911, Page 5
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101PLAGUE AND FLEAS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1103, 17 April 1911, Page 5
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