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Lindquist et al.1 discovered the toxicity to bed bugs of the blood of rabbits fed on D.D.T., and de Meillon2 has recently reported the action of ‘Gammexane’ in regard to mosquitoes. This communication describes a series of tests to elicit the minimum lethal dose of ‘Gammexane’ in similar circumstances, and the period during which the effect lasts.
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Lindquist, A. W., Knipling, E. F., Jones, H. A., and Madden, A. H., J. Econ. Entomol, 39 (1946).
De Meillon, B., Nature, 158, 839 (1946).
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GARNHAM, P. Mortality of Aedes ægypti Feeding on Rabbits Receiving Oral ‘Gammexane’. Nature 160, 156–157 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160156b0
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