INDEX 



563 



intestinal Protozoa, 116; and 

 amebic dysentery, 140; and 

 Hymenolepis nana, 242-244; 

 Hymenolepis diminuta, 244; 

 development of Ascaris in, 

 274-275; Moniliformis mon- 

 iliformis, 284; relation to tri- 

 chiniasis, 287, 288, 296; and 

 bedbugs, 375; occasional hosts 

 of Pulex irritans, 414; fleas, 

 417-418; Echidnophaga galli- 

 nacea, 420. 



Rattlesnakes, Porocephalus crotali, 

 351. 



Redbugs, see Harvest mites. 



REDI, F., 6. 



Redia, 209, 211. 



Red spider, 340. 



Reduviidse, 379. 



Redumus, 382. 



REED, W., 70, 443. 



Relapsing fever, 42-48; distribution, 

 42; spirochaetes of, 42, 46; trans- 

 mission, 43-46, 378, 398-399; 

 nature of, 46-47; mortality, 47; 

 treatment, 47; prevention, 

 47-48; development in lice, 

 399. 



Repellents, for fleas, 423; for mos- 

 quitoes, 455; for phlebotomus 

 flies, 473; for chironomids, 477; 

 for tabanids, 489; for tsetse flies, 

 501. 



Reptiles, reservoirs of Leishmanian 

 diseases, 471; fed on by tsetse 

 flies, 494. 



Reunion, trypanosomes in Triatoma 

 rubrofastiata, 381. 



Rhinosporidium, 168; 173-174. 

 kinealyi, 173. 



Rhipicephalus, 366. 



Rhizoglyphus parasiticus, 340. 



Rhizopoda, see Sarcodina. 



Rhodesia, sleeping sickness, 94. 



Rhodnius prolixus, 382. 



Rhynchoprion, see Dermatophilus. 



Rhynchota, see Hemiptera. 



RICKETTS, H. T., 8, 186, 188, 397. 



Rickettsia-like organisms, 168, 169, 

 170,185-191; 194. " 



Rickettsia, 181; in insects, 185-186; 



in human diseases, 186; 191. 

 pediculi, in lice, 187. 

 prowazeki, and typhus, 186-187. 

 quintana, and trench fever, 187-188. 



RIDEWOOD, W. G., 409. 



Rigg's disease, see Pyorrhea. 



RILEY, W. V., 339, 474. 



RINCONES, G., 451-452. 



Rio de Janeiro, reduction of yellow 

 fever, 70, 72; Triatoma vitti- 

 ceps, 381. 



ROBERTSON, Miss, 99. 



ROBLES, R., 311. 



ROCHA-LIMA, H., 186. 



ROCKEFELLER, J. D., 268. 



Rockefeller Institute, 10, 72, 105. 



Rocky Mountain spotted fever, see 

 Spotted fever. 



Rodents, hosts of Trypanosoma 

 cruzi, 112, 114; and spotted 

 fever, 189, 369; susceptible to 

 Schistosoma infections, 216A; 

 hosts of immature stages of 

 Dermacentor venustus, 362-363; 

 and Triatoma, 380-381; plague 

 transmitted by lice, 399; hosts 

 of Cordylobia anthropophaga, 518. 



ROGERS, L., 8, 9, 81, 377. 



ROSEN, F., 246. 



ROSEN AU, M. J., 48, 507. 



Ross, SIR R., 7, 147, 148, 149, 156, 

 158, 164, 165, 449, 457. 



ROUBAUD, E., 156, 459 471, 512, 517. 



Rougets, 336. 



Roundworms, see Nemathelminthes. 



Russia, relapsing fever, 43, 45; 

 Diphyllobothrium latus, 246; 

 Gigantorynchus. hirudinaceus in 

 man, 284; typhus, 398; Gas- 

 trophilus hcemorrhoidalis in 

 man, 516; Wohlfartia magni- 

 fica, 521-522. 



Sabethini, 437. 



Salicylic acid, in ointment for chig- 



