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INDEX 



Opium, tincture of, in ama^bic dysentery, 



43 



Opsonic index, 164, 600 



definition of, 164 



Opsonin, 600 



■Orchitis and hydrocele, filarial, s\mpto- 

 matology, 281 



Oriental sore, 504 



Ornithodorus moubata (tick) found 

 throughout tro|)ical Africa, ig 



Orpimcnt in treatment of African tr\-- 

 panosomiasis, 148 



Ova, detection in fceces, 637 



Ovary, carcinoma of, 502 



Oxalate poisoning in aetiology of beri- 

 beri, 337 



Oxidation, water rendered potable by, 561 



Oxidizable organic matter in water, 

 method of estimating, 658 



Oxyhsemoglobin, demonstration by spec- 

 troscope, 612 



Oxyuriasis, 312 



parasite causing, 312 



symptomatology, 313 



treatment, 313 



vermicularis, morphology and life- 

 history, 312 



ova of, 637 



parasite causing, 31: 



Oysters, cholera and tyi^hoid fever re- 

 sulting from eating, 572 

 Ozone, sterilization of water by, 556 



Facet's disease of nipple, 495 



Paints, application to mouth in sprue, 360 



Pancreas, pernicious manifestation of 



malaria in, 74 

 Pancreatin in sprue, 360 

 Pancreatitis, chronic, diagnosis of sprue 



from, 358 

 Pandemic diseases, 543 

 Papalismus, 454 

 Papular fever, symptomatology, 403 



treatment, 379 



Paragonimiasis (endemic haemoptysis), 



definition, 240 



diagnosis, 242 



distribution, 240 



morphology, 241 



parasite of, 240 



pathology, 241 



symptomatology, 242 



treatment, 209, 242 



Paralysis, general, late manifestation of 



yaws, 25 

 Parasites, animal and vegetable, stain- 

 ing for, 604 



eye diseases, local, due to, 511 



in aetiology of pellagra, 331 



infection of insects with, how 



effected, 7 



demonstration in laboratory work, 



626 



— in haemoglobinuric fever, ciuestion 

 of, 382 



— macroscopic examination of faeces 

 for, 634 



— malarial, benign tertian, 609 

 in blood, staining of, 607, 608 



in brain, mounting and stain- 



Parasites, malarial, in brain, manner of 

 showing in laboratory work, 627 



living, demonstration of, 607 



Ciuartan, 609 



subtertian, aestivo-autumnal or 



malignant, 609 



varieties of, 609 



vegetable 



m £Etiology 



of pellagra, 

 causes in aetiology of beriberi, 



ing section, 627 



331 

 Parasitic 

 340 



theory in aetiology of pellagra, 331 



Paris Convention (1903), International 



regulations to prevent importation of 



cholera, plague and yellow fever, 



596-98 

 Parotid timiour, mixed, 501 

 Parrots, epizootic fatal among, 189. See 



also Psittacosis 

 Parthogenesis in protozoa, 4 

 Pasteur-Chamberland filter, 558 

 use in phlebotomus fever, 



361 

 Peat, avoidance of, in catchment areas 



for water supplies, 547 



in water, effect on leaden pipes, 552 



Pediculosis, 483 



pathology, 483 



treatment, 484 



Pellagra, jetiology, 329 



deficiency disease, 572 



definition, 329 



diagnosis, 335 



eruption of, predisposing factor, 540 



geographical distribution, 329 



• pathology, 333 



prognosis, 335-6 



■ seasonal prevalence, 540 



symptomatology, 333-5 



treatment, 336 



• dietetic, 336 



Pemphigus contagiosus, 484 



treatment, 484 



Penicilliaceae, diagnosis of, 630 



Penicilliosis, 485 



Peptone waters, glucose and lactose, pre- 

 paration of, 622 



Perforation in typhoid fever in the 

 tropics, signs of, 219 



Peritonitis, fatal in ascariasis, 311 



in severe trichiniasis, 308 



Perleche, 478 



Permanganate pills in cholera, 209, 210 



Perspiration, importance of, in tropical 

 climates, 537 



Phagedaena (tropical sloughing), 485 



treatment, 485 



Phagocytes, 164 



Phagocytic theory of protection formed 

 by vaccines and sera, 600 



Phagocytosis, 164 



Phenacetin in yellow fever, 371 



Phlebectasis, filarial, 282 



Phlebotomus fever, setiology, 361 



carrier of, 361, 362 



definition, 360 



diagnosis, 361 



— dift'erential, 361 



geogra))hical and seasonal dis- 

 tribution, 360, 361 



symptoms, 361 



