694 



INDEX 



Protozoa, of pathogenic significance in 

 man, 5 



origin of infection by, 2 



reproduction asexual, 3 



methods of, 3 



transmission of, 2 



Protozoal diseases, modes of transmis- 

 sion, 7, 8 

 Protozoology, introduction to, 2 

 Pseudo-Banti's disease, 417. See also 



Splenoinegaly, afebrile 

 Pseudo-kala-azar, definition, 69 

 geographical distribution, 6q 



prognosis, 69 



symptoms, 69 



Pseudo-myxoedematous symptoms in 



chronic stage of South American try- 

 panosomiasis, 156 



Pseudopelade, 471 



Pseudoxanthoma or elastorrhexis, 502 



Psittacosis, aetiology of, 189 



definition, 189 



pathology, 190 



sypmtomatology, 190 



treatment, 190 



Psoriasis, 487 



- treatment, 487 



Pterygium, 510 



resulting from exposure to wind and 



dust, 510 



Pulex irritans, transmission of plague by, 



Pulse in typhoid fever m the tropics, 

 Pus, spontaneous evacuation of, in liver 



abscess, positions of, dangers, 52 

 Pylorus, carcinoma of, 502 

 Pyosis Corletti (1915), 484 

 treatment, 485 



palmaris, 487 



Pyrethrum powder as protection against 



Ornithodorus moubata, 21 

 Pyrexia, charts of, in undulant fever, 



192-3 



Quarantine, 596 



Quartz lamp in sterilization of water, 558 



Quassia, rectal injections in oxyuriasis, 



Quinine bihydrochloride m chronic stages 

 of amoebic dysentery, 43 



in chyluria and lymphuria, 284 



intestinal irrigation Avith, in ciliar 



dysentery (Balantidium coli), 46 



poisoning, theory that haemoglobin- 



uric fever is result of, 381 



Radiotherapy in granuloma inguinale, 



469 

 Radium, in varicose, Ivmphatic glands, 



282 

 Rainfall, 533 



annual, estimation of, 546 



as predisposing cause of malaria, 71 



Rain-water, storage of, 54O 



collection of, 545 



rejection of roof-washings, 546 



Rash in typhoid fever in the tropics, 217 

 Rat-bite fever, aetiology, 398 

 definition, 398 



geographical distribution, 398 



Rat-bite fever, mortalit\- in, 398 



symptomatology, 398 



treatment, 398 



Rats, destruction in prophylaxis of 



trichiniasis, 309 



extermination of, 596 



• plague in, 169, 170 



species principally infected with 



plague, 170 



resistant to i^lague, 171 



— spread of plague by, 167 



— transmission of plague from one 

 species to another, 170 



Trichinella spiralis parasitic in, 308 



Recklinghausen, neurofibrosis of, 502 

 Rectitis, gangrenous epidemic, cause of 

 death in, 409 



■ definition, 408 



prevalence among chil- 

 dren of natives and animals, 408 



symptomatology, 408 



. — treatment for animals 



m, 14 



and children, 409 

 Refrigeration for preservation of meat, 



Refuse, collection, removal and disposal 

 of, in tropics, 584 



dry, disposal of, in tropics, 592 



Relapsing fever, American, 13 

 Asiatic, 13 



-, cause of sudden death in^ 



IS 

 mortality, 15 



• parasite causing, 13 



percentage of relapses 



symptoms, 14 



treatment, 15 



cause of, 9 



diagnosis, 12 



diiTerential, 12 



of yellow fever from, 37O" 



European, cause of. 10 



— ■ ■ causes of death in, 12 



— ■ ■ complications, 11 



incubation, 10 



infection, transmission- 



from mother to foetus, ic 



morbid anatomy, 13 



parasite of, 10 



prognosis, 12 



prophylaxis, 13 



relapse in, 11 



symptomatology, 10, 11 



treatment, 12 



of symptoms, 12 



geographical distribution, 9 



■ — — history of, 9 



parasite of, carrier, 10 



transmission, mode of, 8, 9 



Reptiles, classification, 423 



cranial skeletons of, 422 



general features, 419 



geographical distribution and iiecu- 



liarities, 427, 428 



heads of, 420, 421 



poisonous, manner of striking prey. 



436 



venom apparatus of, 435 

 vield of venom of various 



species, 436, 437, 438 



