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The Life and Scientific Work of Arthur William Bacot

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Major Greenwood
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Arthur William Bacot was born in London on April 28th, 1866, the third son and fourth child of Edmund Alexander and Harriet Bacot.

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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , March 1924 , pp. 265 - 304
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1924

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Series A. Titles extracted from The Entomologist's Record

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Series B. Titles from Various Journals

(1902). Exhibition of Hybrid Larvae resulting from a Pairing between a Male Malacosoma neustria and a Female M. castrensis, also Larvae of M. neustria and a reputed Larva of M. franconica for comparison. Proc. Entom. Soc. p. 25.Google Scholar
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(1909). On the Cross-breeding of the Moth Acidalia virgularia. Proc. Roy. Soc. ser. B, 81, 133 (with L. B. Prout).Google Scholar

Bionomics of Fleas and Bed-bugs in Relation to Plague. 1910–1922 (classified)

Bacot, A. (1914). A Study of the Bionomics of the Common Rat Fleas and other Species associated with human Habitations, with Special Reference to the Influence of Temperature and Humidity at Various Periods of the Life-History of the Insect. J. Hyg. Plague Suppl. iii. 447.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. and Martin, C. J. (1914). On the Mechanism of the Transmission of Plague by Fleas. J. Hyg. Plague Suppl. iii. 423.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. and Ridewood, W. G. (1914). Observations on the Larvae of Fleas. Parasitol. vii. 157.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1914). On the Survival of Bacteria in the Alimentary Canal of Fleas during Metamorphosis from Larvae to Adult. J. Hyg. Plague Suppl. iii. 655.Google Scholar
Bacot, A., Petrie, G. F. and Todd, R. E. (1914). The Fleas Found on Rats and other Rodents living in Association with Man, and Trapped in the Towns, Villages, and Nile Boats of Upper Egypt. J. Hyg. xiv. 498.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1915). Notes on the Development of Bacillus pestis in Bugs (Cimex lectularius) and their Power to convey Infection. J. Hyg. Plague Suppl. iv. 777.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1915). Further Notes on the Mechanism of the Transmission of Plague by Fleas. J. Hyg. Plague Suppl. iv. 774.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1915). Observations on the Length of Time that Fleas (Ceratophyllus fasciatus) carrying Bacillus pestis in their Alimentary Canals are able to survive in the Absence of a host, and retain the Power to re-infect with Plague. J. Hyg. Plague Suppl. iv. 770.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1919). The Fleas Found on Rats, and their Relation to Plague. J. Roy. San. Inst. xl. 53.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Bionomics on Stegomyia fasciata

Bacot, A. W. (1916). Yellow Fever (West Africa) Commission. Entomological Report, p. 191 (J. and A. Churchill, London).Google Scholar
Atkin, E. E. and Bacot, A. (1917). The Relation Between the Hatching of the Eggs and the Development of the Larvae of Stegomyia fasciata (Aëdes calopus) and the Presence of Bacteria and Yeasts. Parasitol. ix. 482.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. (1918). A Note on the Period during which the Eggs of Stegomyia fasciata (Aëdes calopus) from Sierra Leone Stock retain their Vitality in a humid Temperature. Parasitol. x. 280.Google Scholar

On Insecticides Generally

Bacot, A. W. (1914). The Effect of the Vapours of Various Insecticides upon Fleas (Ceratophyllus fasciatus and Xenopsylla cheopsis) at each stage in their Life-history and upon the Bed-Bug (Cimex lectularius) in its Larval Stage. J. Hyg. Plague Suppl. iii. 665.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1916). The Temperature necessary for the Destruction of Lice and their Eggs. Brit. Med. J. i. 167.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1916). The Improvement of Fly-spraying Fluids and the Control of Experimental Trials. Brit. Med. J. ii. 807.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. (1916). The Use of Insecticides against Lice. Brit. Med. J. ii. 447.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bacot, A. (1917). A simple Means of ascertaining if a Sterilising Hut is hot enough to destroy Lice and Nits in Clothing and Blankets. Brit. Med. J. ii. 151.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bacot, A. W. and Lloyd, L. (1918). Destruction of Nits of the Clothes Louse by Solutions of Cresol Soap Emulsion and Lysol. Brit. Med. J. i. 479.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. (1918). The Unreliability of Sulphur for the Destruction of Lice in Clothing. Brit. Med. J. ii. 464.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bacot, A. and Lloyd, L. (1919). Experiments concerning the Destruction of active Lice (Pediculus humanus) by Solutions of Cresol Soap Emulsion and Lysol, and of Lice and Nits with Kerosene, with a View to the Use of these Remedies for the Treatment of Verminous Heads. Brit. Med. J. ii. 704.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. and Talbot, G. (1919). Experiments on the Destruction of Lice and Nits. The Survival Period of Lice and Nits (Pediculus humanus) when submerged in Tap Water and Water containing 1 per cent. of Salt at various Temperatures. Brit. Med. J. ii. 703.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bacot, A. and Talbot, G. (1919). The comparative Effectiveness of certain Culicifuges under laboratory Conditions. Parasitol. xi. 221.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bacot, A. (1921). Wood-tar Oils for the Destruction of Lice (Pediculus humanus)on Hair-clad Areas. Brit. Med. J. ii. 853.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Bionomics of Lice In Relation to Trench Fever, Typhus Fever and the Rickettsia question generally

Bacot, A. W. (1917). A Contribution to the Bionomics of Pediculus humanus (vestimenti) and Pediculus capitis. Parasitol. ix. 228.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1917). The Louse Problem. Proc. R. Soc. Med. Epidem. Sect. x. 61.Google Scholar
Arkwright, J. A., Bacot, A. W. and Duncan, F. Martin (1918). Preliminary Note on the Association of Rickettsia Bodies in Lice with Trench Fever. Brit. Med. J. ii. 307.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1919). Lice; The Diseases caused by them and the Measures available for the Protection of Children and Civilians. School Hygiene, March.Google Scholar
Arkwright, J. A., Bacot, A. W. and Duncan, F. Martin (1919). The Association of Rickettsia with Trench Fever. J. Hyg. xviii. 76.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Arkwright, J. A., Bacot, A. W. and Duncan, F. Martin (1919). The Minute Bodies found in Association with Trench Fever, Typhus Fever, and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg. xii. 61.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. and Linzell, L. (1919). The Incubation Period of the Eggs of Haematopinus asini. Parasitol. xi. 388.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Arkwright, J. A., Atkin, E. E. and Bacot, A. (1921). An Hereditary Rickettsia-like Parasite of the Bed-Bug (Cimex lectularius). Parasitol. xiii. 27.Google Scholar
Arkwright, J. A. and Bacot, A. (1921). A Bacillary Infection of the Copulatory Apparatus of Pediculus humanus. Parasitol. xiii. 25.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1921). On the Probable Identity of Rickettsia pediculi with Rickettsia quintana. Brit. Med. J. i. 156.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Arkwright, J. A. and Bacot, A. (1921). The Stages of Rickettsia in the Sheep Ked, Melophagus ovinus. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg. xv. 146.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. and Ségal, J. (1922). The Infection of Lice (Pediculus humanus) with Rickettsia prowazeki by the Injection per rectum of the Blood Platelets of Typhus-Infected Guinea-pigs and the Re-infection of other Guinea-pigs from these Lice. Brit. J. Exper. Pathol. iii. 125.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. (1922). Details of the Technique adopted in following Weigl's Plan of feeding Lice infected with the Virus of Typhus Fever by Rectal Injection. Brit. J. Exper. Pathol. iii. 72.Google Scholar
Atkin, E. E. and Bacot, A. (1922). Experiments on the Infectivity of Typhus Virus contained in Lice (Pediculus humanus and Pedicinus longiceps). Brit. J. Exper. Pathol. iii. 196.Google Scholar
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Arkwright, J. A. and the late Bacot, A. W. (iv. 1923). Investigation of the Aetiology of Typhus Fever, especially undertaken by the Egyptian Government in the Public Health Laboratories, Cairo. Brit. J. Exper. Pathol. iv. 70.Google Scholar

Miscellaneous Papers on Entomology. 1910–1922

Bacot, A. (1911). On the Persistence of Bacilli in the Gut of an Insect during Metamorphosis. Trans. Entom. Soc. Lond. 497.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bacot, A. (1911). The Persistence of Bacillus pyocyaneus in Pupae and Imagines of Musca domestica raised from Larvae experimentally infected with the Bacillus. Parasitol. iv. 68.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1914). The Influence of Temperature, Submersion and Burial on the Survival of Eggs and Larvae of Cimex lectularius. Bull. Entom. Res. v. 111.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1914). Notes respecting the Common Bed-Bug (Cimex lectularius). J. R. San. Inst. xxxv. 495.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. W. (1914). Diseases carried by Insects. J. R. San. Inst. xxxv. 26.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. (1914). Attack on Triphaena pronuba by a Sparrow. Entomologist's Record, xxvi.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. (1916). Second Generation of Hybrid Pediculus humanus and P. capitis. Proc. Entom. Soc. p. 14.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. (1916). A Question concerning the Hatching of Eggs of Stegomyia fasciata. Proc. Entom. Soc. p. 51.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. (1917). Temperature at which insect Life is destroyed. Proc. Entom. Soc. p. 14.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. (1917). Further Note dealing with the Question of the Specific Identity of Pediculus capitis and P. humanus (vestimenti). Proc. Entom. Soc. p. 4.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. (1918). Lice and Trench Fever. Proc. Entom. Soc. p. 56.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. (1918). Experiments in Colour-Inheritance in Pediculus humanus. Proc. Entom. Soc. p. 157.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. (1918). Mosquitoes and the Danger of Malaria in England. The Essex Naturalist, xviii. 241.Google Scholar
Bacot, A. and Harden, A. (1922). Vitamin Requirements of Drosophila. 1. Vitamins B. and C. Biochem. J. xvi. 148.CrossRefGoogle Scholar