INDEX 



545 



transmission by arthropods, 7-8, 

 322-323. 



Disinfection, of mosquito bites, 307; 

 of tick bites, 367; to eradicate 

 lousiness, 402-403. 



Dixa, 425. 



DIXON, S. G., 462. 



DOANE, R. W., 414. 



DOBELL, C., 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 

 140, 142, 146A, 172. 



DOERR, R., 470. 



Dog flea, see Ctenocephalus canis. 



Dogs, and infantile kala-azar, 82, 83; 

 and oriental sore, 86; Trypano- 

 soma gambiense in, 108; host of 

 Trypanosoma cruzi, 112; sus- 

 ceptible to lung fluke infections, 

 220; host of Clonorchis sinensis, 

 224; host of Opisthorchis, 225; 

 Dipylidium caninum, 245; host 

 of Diphyllobothrium cordatus, 

 247; Echinococcus granulosus, 

 248, 250-251; hosts of^ncylo- 

 stoma ceylanicum, 255; more 

 parasites than cats, 266; tri- 

 china, 288; ^Demodex, 347; 

 ^Linguatula rhiriaria, 349-350; 

 Dermacentor variabilis, 367; and 

 bedbugs, 375; inability of hu- 

 man lice to draw blood from, 

 393; host o^Pulex irritans, 414; 

 fleas, 416-417; Echidnophaga 

 ^gallinacea, 420; destruction 

 of fleas on, 422; ^Dermatobia in, 

 513; ^Qordylobia anthropo- 

 phaga in, 518. 



Dog ticks, see Dermacentor variabilis 

 and Ixodes ricinus. 



Dongola, blackflies in, 482. 



DONOVAN, C., 7, 74, 377. 



Dracunculus medinensis, 311-314; 

 distribution, 311; life history, 

 312-313; extraction and pre- 

 vention, 314. 



Dragon-flies, natural enemy of tsetse 

 flies, 503. 



DUBINI, A., 7. 



Ducks, natural enemies of mosqui- 



toes, 462. 



Dumdum fever, see Kala-azar. 

 DUTCHER, B. H., 305. 

 DUTTON, J. E., 7, 8, 359. 

 Dwarf tapeworm, see Hymenolepis 



nana. 



DYAR, I., 429, 437, 444, 447, 458. 

 Dysentery, types of, 135; role of 



amebse, 135-136. 

 Dysentery ameba, see Endamceba 



histolytica. 

 Dysodius lunatus, 382-383. 



Ear tick, see Otiobius megnini. 



East Coast fever, of cattle, 168. 



East Indies, gangosa, 64; black- 

 water fever, 161; land-leeches, 

 319; Porocephalus monili- 

 formis, 351; transmission of 

 malaria, 441; Anopheles in 

 coral reef pools, 442. 



Echidnophaga gallinacea, 420. 



Echinorhynchus hominis, 284; see 

 also Moniliformis. 



Echinococcus granulosus, 236; 240- 

 251; distribution, 248; adult 

 and life history, 248; develop- 

 ment of hydatids, 248-249; 

 other species of Echinococcus, 

 250; prevention, 250-251. 



Echinostomum ilocanum, 228-229. 

 malayanum, 229. 



Ectoplasm, 29. 



Ecuador, hookworm disease, 262. 



Education, present need, 3-4; con- 

 cerning sex hygiene, 62; con- 

 erning sanitation, 268-269. 



Eelworms, see Ascaris. 



Egypt, Embadomonas intestinalis, 

 118; amebae in sand, 128; 

 Schistosoma h&matobium, 213- 

 214, 215, 216s; Heterophyes 

 heterophyes, 228; Paramphist- 

 omum cervi, 229; Sparganum 

 mansoni, 252; hookworm dis- 

 ease, 255; work of Hookworm 

 Commission, 268; Trichostron- 

 gylus instabilis, 282; Xenop- 



