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Index 



Peptone 



Chassaing, 249 



Fairchild's, 249 

 Perleche 



in moniliasis, 148 

 Petri dishes, care of, 234 

 Phialophora verrucosa 



characteristics, 320 

 Piedra, 172 f . 

 Piedraia hortai, 341 

 Pigment 



in fungus growth, 10, 250 

 Pinta, 163 

 Pityriasis versicolor 



( see Tinea versicolor ) 

 Pityrosporum ovale 



characteristics, 342 

 Pleomorphism, 258 

 Pleuriseptate bundles, 264 

 Polyvinyl alcohol, 262 

 Pompholyx, 126, 223 

 Potato-carrot agar, 253 

 Prausnitz-Kustner test 



and antibodies in mycotic blood, 24, 44 

 Precipitation test 



in diagnosis of mycosis, 13 

 Protoplasm, resorption of, 263 

 Pruritus ani 



mondial, 150 

 Pseudo-achromia, 160 

 Psoriasis, 121 



pustular, 121 

 Pus, direct examination of, 241, 255 



R 



Radium 



effect on fungus growth and reproduc- 

 tion, 8 

 Rash, nonmycotic, 223 

 Hliinosporidiosis, 217 f. 

 Rhinosporidium seeberi 



characteristics, 338 

 Ringworm, 5, 46 ff. 



"black dot," 54 



"s>;ray patch," 52 



Kolmer complement fixation test in, 44 



of scalp (.sec Tinea capitis) 



of smooth skin (see Tinea glabrosa I 

 Roentgen rays 



in diagnosis of mycosis, 15 



effect on fungus growth and reproduc- 

 tion, 8 



epilation by, 68 



Roentgen therapy 



in actinomycosis, 184 



in blastomycosis, 202 



in chromoblastomycosis, 175 



in coccidioidomycosis, 211 



in dermatophytosis, 133, 136 



in moniliasis, 154 



in mycetoma, 187 



in otomycosis, 171 



in sporotrichosis, 196 



in tinea barbae, 78 



in tinea capitis, 68 



in tinea glabrosa, 90 



Sabouraud 



classification of fungi, 2, 5 

 Lcs Teignes, 3 

 Saccharides 



fermentation test, 13 

 and fungus growth, 10 

 Saprophytes, 46, 246 



assuming pathogenicity, 347 

 Scales 



direct examination of, 239 

 Scalp, ringworm of 



(see Tinea capitis) 

 Schamberg and Kolmer tests, 271 

 Schultz-Dale phenomenon 



in trichophytin test, 24 

 Scopulariopsis 



characteristics, 356 

 pathogenicity of, 347 f . 

 Sections, stained 



direct examination of, 242 

 Skin, macerated 



direct examination of, 239 

 Slides 



care of, 234 



making the preparation, 236 

 Solvents, 235 

 Sphagnum moss 



and sporotrichosis, 189 

 Spinal fluid 



examination in diagnosis of mycosis, 16 

 Spirals, 264 

 Spore forms 



(see Fructification forms) 

 Spores, spindle, 264 

 Sporotrichin, 17, 37 



test with, 281 

 Sporotrichosis, 189 IT., 223 

 clinical characteristics, 190 

 allergic, 194 



