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INDEX 



azar, 82-84; and oriental sore, 

 84-88, 377-378; of uta, 86; 

 stage of trypanosomes, 95. 

 americana, 76, 89; and espundia, 



89-92. 



braziliensis, see L. americana. 

 donovani, discovery, 7, 74; culti- 

 vation, 9, 76, 78; develop- 

 ment in bedbugs, 77-78; in 

 Anopheles punctipennis, 78; 

 human cycle, 79; distribution 

 in body, 80. 

 infantum, 76; infantile kala-azar, 



82-84. 

 tropica, 76; in oriental sores, 85; 



transmission, 85-86. 

 Leishmaniasis, in Panama, 74-75; 

 origin from insect flagellates, 

 75; see also Kala-azar, Oriental 

 Sore and Espundia. 

 Lemon juice, for land-leeches, 319; 



repellent for mosquitoes, 455. 

 Leprosy, spread by bedbugs, 379. 

 Leptomonas, see Herpetomonas. 

 Leptospira, 67; possibly parasite of 

 dengue and phlebotomus fever, 

 182. 



hebdomadis, 73D. 



iderohcemorrhagice, discovery, 65; 

 description, 66-67 ; effect of sal- 

 varsan on, 68. 

 icteroides, 70. 



Leptus, 336; see also Harvest mites. 

 akamushi, and kedani, 190, 333. 

 americanus, 336. 

 autumnalis, 336. 

 irritans, 336. 

 LEUCKART, R., 7, 202. 

 Leucocytes or white blood corpus- 

 cles, prey on parasites, 20. 

 LEWIS, T. R., 298. 



Lice, intermediate hosts of Dipylid- 

 ium caninum, 245; fumigation, 

 386, 387-403; importance, 387; 

 general structure, 388-389; hu- 

 man species, 389; specificity of 

 action of salivary juice, 393; 

 Jjce and disease, 397-400; and 



typhus, 8, 378, 397-398; and 

 relapsing fever 44-46, 378, 398- 

 399; and trench fever, 187-188, 

 399; and bubonic plague, 399- 

 400; and syphjlis, 400; dispersal, 

 400; prevention, 400-403; con- 

 trol in war, 402-403; body 

 louse, see Pediculus humanus 

 corporis; head louse, see Ped- 

 iculus humanus capitis; crab- 

 louse, see Phthirius pubis. 



Life histories of parasites, discover- 

 ies of, 7. 



LIMA, A. C., 458. 



Limncea, host of Fasdola hepatica, 

 209; host of Schistosoma japoni- 

 cum, 219; occurrence in United 

 States, 220. 



Limnalis nilotica, 316; in nose and 

 mouth, 317-318. 



Linguatula rhinaria, 349-350. 



Linguatulina, 333, 348-351. 



LINSTOW, O. F., VON, 245. 



LISTON, W. G., 411. 



Liver abscess, sequel of amebic dys- 

 entery, 134, 137; in a case of 

 myiasis, 527. 



Liver flukes, of sheep, goats, etc., 

 209-211, 224; human, 224-228; 

 symptoms, 227; prevention, 

 227-228. 



LIVINGSTON, D., 360. 



Llama, host of Tcenia saginata, 240. 



LLOYD, L., 495, 496. 



Loa loa, 308-310; and Chrysops, 489. 



London, copra itch, 340. 



Looss, A., 258. 



LOSCH, F., 7. 



Louse-mite, see Pediculoides ventri- 

 cosus. 



Lucilia, 521. 

 ccesar, 521. 



Luetin test, for syphilis, 55. 



Lung flukes, relation of crabs to, 

 8; 220-224; distribution, 220; 

 relation to host, 220-221; life 

 history, 211, 221-223; mode of in- 

 fection, 223; prevention, 223-224. 



