INDEX 



539 



Balsam of Peru, for itch, 346. 



Baltic countries, Diphyllobothrium 

 latus in, 246. 



BANCROFT, TH., 7. 



BANKS, N., 333, 339, 523, 524. 



Barbados, home of "millions," 461. 



Barbeiro, see Triatoma megista. 



BARBER, M. A., 206. 



BARLOW, N., 117, 132, 281. 



BARRETT, M. T., 142. 



BARTON, 179. 



Bartonella bacilliformis, 168; 179- 

 181; 360. 



Basal granule, 30. 



BASILE, C., 84. 



BASS, C. C., 9, 149, 164. 



Bats, Cimex in, 372, 375; trypano- 

 some disease of, carried by Cimex 

 pipistrelli, 378; natural enemies 

 of mosquitoes, 462; natural 

 enemies of tsetse flies, 503. 



BATON, H., 378. 



BEAUPERTHUY, L. D., 322. 



Bedbugs, and relapsing fever, 45, 46; 

 378; and kala-azar, 77-78, 377; 

 and Leishmania infantum, 83; 

 and oriental sore, 86, 377-378; 

 and Trypanosoma cruzi, 112, 

 370, 378; Rickettsia in, 185; 

 371-379; general structure, 

 371; odor, 371-372; species, 

 372-373; habits, 373-375; effect 

 of bites, 374; hosts, 374-375; 

 life history, 375-376; and dis- 

 ease, 376-379; and bubonic 

 plague, 378-379; remedies 

 and prevention, 383; fumi- 

 gation of, 385-386. 



Bee eater, natural enemy of tsetse 

 flies, 503. 



Beef tapeworm, see Tcenia saginata. 



Beetles, hosts of Gigantorhynchus 

 hirudinaceus, 284; natural 

 enemies of mosquitoes, 462. 



Belascaris cati, 282. 



Belgium, Tydeus molestus, 341. 



Bello Herizonte, eradication of 

 Chagas' disease, 114. 



Beta-naphthol, for Giardia infec- 

 tions, 125; for hookworm in- 

 fections, 264; ointment for itch, 

 346. 



Bete rouge, 335, 336. 



Bi-flagellate Protozoa, of intestine, 

 117-118. 



BILHARZ, TH., 7. 



Biliary fever, of horses, 168. 



Binucleata, 30. 



Bird lice, see Mallophaga. 



Birds, hosts of Cimex, 372; chief 

 prey of Culex quinquefastiatus, 

 449; as food for tsetse flies, 494, 

 495; natural enemies of tsetse 

 flies, 503; blood-sucking mag- 

 gots in nests of, 511. 



BISHOPP, F. C., 422. 



Bismuth salicylate, for Giardia in- 

 fections, 125. 



Bismuth subnitrate, for amebic dys- 

 entery, 137. 



Biting flies, see Flies, blood-sucking. 



Black corsair, see Melanolestes 

 pidpes. 



Black drongo, natural enemy of 

 tsetse flies, 503. 



Blackflies, and espundia, 92; and 

 OnchocercacoBCutiens, 311 ; mouth- 

 parts, 327, 478; 478-484; de- 

 scription, 478-479; life history, 

 479-481; annoyance, 481-483; 

 and disease, 483; control, 483- 

 484. 



Blackheads, relation of Demodex to, 

 347. 



BLACKLOCK, B., 494, 496. 



Black sickness, see Kala-azar. 



Black vomit, in yellow fever, 71. 



Black water fever, 161-162. 



Bladderworms, types of, 235; dam- 

 age done by, 236-237. 

 beef bladderworms, see Cysticercus 



bovis. 



pork bladderworms, see Cysticer- 

 cus celluloses. 



Blanfordia, host of Schistosoma ja- 

 ponicum, 219. 



