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Suggests that the itch-mite may be the carrier of leprosy.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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Closely related to the itch-mite of man (_Sarcoptes scabiei_) are several kinds attacking domestic animals, causing mange, scab, etc. The variety infesting horses burrows in the skin and produces sores and scabs, and is a source of very great annoyance.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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Whatever in nature produced the peacock produced the itch-mite; whatever produced man produced the spirochete of syphilis.
The Necessity of Atheism David Marshall Brooks
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