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INDEX 



Armadillo, host of Trypanosoma 

 cruzi, 112; and Triatoma genicu- 

 lata, 380-381. 



Arsenic, in trypanosomiasis, 104-105; 

 see also atoxyl and tryparsamide. 



Arsenical dip, to remove ticks from 

 domestic animals, 368. 



Arsenobenzol, for guinea-worms, 314. 



Arthropoda, 322-330; importance, 

 322; role in disseminating 

 disease, 7-8, 322-323; relation- 

 ships, 323-324; classification, 

 324-325. 



Ascaris, nutriment absorbed, 202; 

 toxins, 202-203; 273-276; de- 

 scription, 273; life history, 274- 

 275; symptoms, 276; treatment 

 276. 



lumbricoides, 274. 



marginata, see Toxascaris limbata. 

 mystax, see Belascaris cati. 

 suilla, 274. 



Ascaridse, 282. 



ASHBURN, P. M., 301, 448. 



Asia, oriental sore, 84; blackwater 

 fever, 161; dengue, 182; keda- 

 ni, 190; Schistosoma hcemato- 

 bium, 213; Clonorchis sinensis, 

 224; Yokagawa yokagawa, 228; 

 Heterophyes heterophyes, 228; 

 Fasciolopsis buski, 229; Hyme- 

 nolepis nana, 242; Necator amer- 

 icanus, 255; Filaria bancrofti, 

 299; Dracunculus medinensis, 

 311; Porocephalus moniliformis, 

 351; Cimex hemipterus, 373; 

 Triatoma rubrofasciata, 381; 

 Xenopsylla, 417; Phlebotomus, 

 470; surra, 487; Chrysomyia 

 bezziana, 521. 



Asopia farinalis, intermediate host 

 of Hymenolepis diminuta, 244. 



Assam, eradication of kala-azar, 82. 



Astacus japonicus, intermediate host 

 of lung fluke in Korea, 222. 



ATKIN, E. E., 445, 446. 



Atoxyl, discovery, 8; for trypano- 

 somes, 105. 



Aucheromyia luteola, 511-513; de- 

 scription, 511; life history, 511- 

 512; maggots, 512; avoidance 

 of, 513. 



Australia, Aedes calopus carrier of 

 dengue, 448; hydatids, 248, 

 250; Filaria bancrofti, 299; 

 land leeches, 319-320; tick par- 

 alysis, 358-359; malaria-carry- 

 ing Anopheles, 441; Aedes 

 calopus, 448; transmission of 

 dengue, 448; Pericoma towns- 

 villensis, 466. 



Austria, relapsing fever, 43; typhus, 

 398. 



Auto-sal varsanized serum, for syph- 

 ilis of nervous system, 57; for 

 sleeping sickness, 106. 



Axopodia, 31. 



Axostyle, 32. 



Baboon, host of Trichostronglyus in- 

 stabilis, 282; fed upon by tsetse 

 flies, 500. 



Bacillus coli, 204. 



pestis, discovery, 411. 



BACOT, A. W., 375, 376, 391, 393, 

 395, 409, 412, 444, 445, 446. 



Bacteria, distinguished from Proto- 

 zoa, 27; relation to trachoma, 

 194; and intestinal worms, 204; 

 relation to filarial diseases, 305 

 306; food of Aedes calopus, 446. 



Bacterium tularense, transmitted by 

 fleas, 413; by deer flies, 489. 



Badger, host of Pulex irritans, 414. 



Bagdad, oriental sore, 85, 88, 471. 



BAGSHAWE, A. G., 503. 



BAHR, P. H., 303. 



Baking soda, for mites, 335, 339. 



Balanitis, cause of, 73A; treatment, 

 73s. 



Balantidial dysentery, 129. 



Balantidium coli, discovery, 7, 37; 

 115; 126-127; description, 126; 

 pathogenicity, treatment and 

 prevention, 127. 



Balkans relapsing fever, 43, 4>6. 



