536 



INDEX 



African skin maggot, see Cordylobia 

 anthropophaga. 



Agglutination, 21; of trypanosomes, 

 102-103. 



AGRAMONTE, C. A., 70, 443. 



Akamushi, see Leptus akamushi. 



AKASHI, 244. 



ALCOCK, A., 433, 449, 478. 



Alcohol, in prevention of filarial in- 

 fection, 307; for red-bug rash, 

 336; resistance of maggots to, 

 522, 526. 



Alcresta ipecac, for Balantidium in- 

 fections, 127; for amebic dys- 

 entery, 138. 



Algeria, relapsing fever transmission, 

 44, 398; infantile kala-azar, 82; 

 sheep head-maggot, 522-523. 



Alum, for fleas, 421. 



Amblyomma, 366. 

 cqjennense, 367. 

 hebrceum, 367. 



Amebae, cultivation, 9; encysted, in 

 Egypt, 34; 128-146B; classifi- 

 cation, 128-132; and dysentery, 

 135-140; effect of emetin on, 

 137-138; of mouth, 142-146B. 



Amebic dysentery, in United States, 

 6; 135-140; importance, 135; 

 parasites of, 135-136; course of, 

 136-137; carriers, 136; treat- 

 ment, 137-139; prevention, 

 139-140. 



America, relapsing fever, 42, 43; 

 origin of syphilis, 48; importa- 

 tion of yaws, 63; yellow fever, 

 69-70, 72; possibility of kala- 

 azar, 77; introduction of 

 sleeping sickness, 93; Schisto- 

 soma mansoni, 217; Hymeno- 

 lepis nana, 242; introduction 

 of Necator americanus, 255; 

 hosts of trichina, 288; Demodex 

 * folliculorum, 347; Ambly- 

 omma cajennense, 367; original 

 home of Aedes calopus, 447; 

 Culex quinquefasdatus, 449; 

 Janthinosoma lutzi, 453; oil 



of citronella as repellent for 

 mosquitoes, 455; Chironomida3, 

 474; skin maggots, 513-516; 

 screw-worm, 519; Fannia, 524. 

 See also various geographic sub- 

 divisions. 



American hookworm, see Necator 

 americanus. 



American Hookworm Commission, 

 use of thymol, 263; work of, 268. 



American leishmaniasis, see Es- 

 pundia. 



American Red Cross, work in Ser- 

 bia, 378, 398; work on trench 

 fever, 187, 397, 399. 



American Yellow Fever Commis- 

 sion, 7-8, 70, 443. 



Ammonia, for red-bug rash, 335; 

 for body lice, 402. 



Amoeba, 131; see also amebse. 



Anaphylatoxin, 23-25. 



Anaphylaxis, 23-25; specific, 24; 

 treatment, 25. 



Ancon, manufacture of larvicide, 

 459. 



Ancylostoma duodenale, distribution, 



255; description, 255-257. 

 ceylanicum, 255. 



ANDERSON, J. F., 8, 397. 



Andes, uta, 86; Oroya fever, 178, 

 472; Phlebotomus verrucarum, 

 473. 



Animal experimentation, 10-11. 



Anise oil, for body lice, 401; for mos- 

 quitoes, 455; for phlebotomus 

 flies, 473. 



Anisol, for body lice, 401. 



Annelida, 199-200; 215; relation to 

 arthropods, 323; see also 

 Leeches. 



Anopheles, malaria-carrying species, 

 157-158, 438, 439-441; and 

 malaria in winter, 156; cessa- 

 tion of breeding and sub- 

 tropical malaria, 162; number 

 necessary to propagate malaria, 

 165; intermediate host of 

 Filaria bancrofti, 301, 450; 



