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INDEX 



F.TCcs examination for eggs of Ascaris 

 lumbricoides, 31 1 



diagnosis of diseases from, 632 



• macroscopic, 632 



microscopic, 634 



errors in, 6315 



helminth ova in, preservation of. 



323 



648 



human and animal, bacteriology of, 



in sprue, 357 



paleness of, causes, 358 



Fat, deficient, in aetiology of beriberi. 



339 



estimation of, in faeces, process, 633 



Fats, food value of, 563 

 Favism, aetiology, 389 



definition, 389 



distribution, 389 



symptomatology, 389 



treatment, 389 



Febrile or glandular stage in African 



trypanosomiasis, 140 

 Fever, daily, in cerebral stage of African 



trypanosomiasis, 145 



in African trypanosomiasis, 140 



Fibrin ferment in snake venom, 441 

 Fibrolipoma, pendulous, of back of neck, 



407 , ■ • r 



Fibrolysin injections in elephantiasis of 



legs, 286 

 Fibroma molluscum, 502 

 multiple, 499 



of neck, 495 



pendulum, 502 



Fibromatous condition of skin, curious 



example of, 496 

 Field rat, reservoir host for spirochsetes, 



Filaria bancrofti, adult, 273 



carriers of, 278 



cause of elephantiasis arabum, 



reasons explained, 287, 288 



embryo, 274. See also Micro- 



filaria nocturna 



life-history, 273 



morphology, 272 



ovum, 273 



carriers of, 294 



infections associated with double 



conjunctivitis, discharging chyle, 294 



Filariasis, clinical manifestations, 279 



geographical distribution, 278 



historical notes, 271 



— ; — pathology, 278, 279 

 Filaridsc, diseases caused by, 271 

 Filtration of water, 558, 559 

 Finkler-Prior spirillum, 621 

 Fish venom, effects of, 447 



high mortality from, 448 



■ symptoms, 448 



treatment, 448 



Fishes, venomous and poisonous, 447 



which poison after their consump- 



tion as food, 448 



symptoms, 448 



by sjnnes, mortality from 



wounds of, 448 



pain severe after wound 



from, 448 

 Five-day fever (\'olhynia fever), 398 



Flea, species infesting rats and convey- 

 ing plague, 171 

 Fleas, alimentary tract of, 178 



carriers of plague bacillus, 177 



destruction of, 179 



external appearance, 177 



families of, 179 



larvas of, 179 



reproduction, method of, 178 



Fleming's modification of Wassermann 



reaction, 6io, 611 

 Flexner type of dysentery bacillus, 619 

 Flcxner's process of preparing anti- 

 dysenteric serum, 201 

 Flies and disease, 223 



danger of, to health, manner of 



infection by, 223 



transmission of cholera by, 206 



■ ways in which dangerous to health, 



preservative test for food, 



223 

 Fluorides, as 



579 

 Fly, biting, in aetiology of pellagra, 332 



carriers of typhoid fever, 214 



Folliculitis decalvans, 471 

 treatment, 471 



Fomites, transmission of cholera by, 20*5 

 Food adjuncts, 563 



deficiency in aetiology of beriberi, 



338-9 

 in aetiology of pellagra, 329-30 



morbid conditions caused by, 571 



poisoning in setiology of beriberi, 



338 

 Foods, adulteration of, 569 



calorie value of, 565 



essential consituents of, 



562 



tinned, dangers from, 575 



Foot, amputation of, for perforating 



ulcer in lepers, 185 



Fordyce's disease, 477 



Foreign bodies in eye, 509 



Formaldehyde, as preservative test for 

 food, 577 



Formalin in sjiirit, a])plication in tricho- 

 mycosis, 495 



solutions of, in treatment of African 



trypanosomiasis, 149 



Formic aldehyde for disinfection of 



houses, 595 

 Framboesia tropica (yaws), diagnosis, 26 



■ causation, 22 



• contagious disease due to Tre- 

 ponema pertenuis, 21 



• histopathology, 22 



• incubation, 23 



infection of by direct contact, 



25 



primary stage, 23 



prodromata, 23 



■ secondary stage, 23 



■ symptomatology, 23 



• tertiary stage, 24 



three stages in, 23 



treatment, 26 



Fungi, eye diseases, local, due to, 511 



in fEtiology of pellagra, 331 



ocular aspergillosis due to, 511 



blastomycosis due to, 511 



gonosporosis due to, 511 



moniliasis due to, 511 



