Introduction -- Lice and history -- Epidemic typhus -- Trench fever -- Relapsing fevers -- General biology of sucking lice -- Biology and habits of the head and body louse -- Biology and habits of the crab louse -- Control of head, body, and crab lice -- How may lice be avoided -- Sucking lice infesting domestic rats -- Films dealing with lice and their control -- Selected references

This publication is Part VIII of the Insect Control Series to be published by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service as PHS Publication No. 772

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