INDEX 



C^95 



Reservoirs, construction of, 552 

 points to be watched before, 



55- . , , 



— — filtration of water in, mctliod, 559 



pipe-supply of water froni, 552 



Resorcin and salicylic acid, spirit lotion 



of, for removal of horny masses in 



elephantiasis of legs, 286 

 application in different forms of 



tinea (ringworm), 491, 492, 493, 494 

 ointment, ap]ilication in xanthoma 



areatum, 506 

 Respiration, effects of tropical climates 



on, 537 

 Rhinitis spastica vasomotoria. See Hay 



ft'7>er, tropical 

 Rhino-pharyngitis mutilans. See G{i?i- 



Rhinosporidiosis, geographical distribu- 

 tion, 7 



treatment, 7 



Rhinosporidium seebcri, habitat, 7 

 Rhizoplast in protozoa, 3 



Rice, nutritive value of, 564, 565 

 Rickets, dietetic causes of, 571 

 Ringworm, diagnosis of, 630 



fungi, families of, 489 



(tinea), appearance of lesion, 489 



varieties of, 490-494 



lesions and regions of 



body attacked, 490-494 

 treatment, 494 



See also Tinea 



River water in Khartoum, bacteriological 

 examination, 642 



River waters, classification for drinking 

 purposes, 649, 650 



tropical, purity of, 547 



Rivers, shallow, avoidance for water 

 supply, 547 



Rocky Mountains, spotted fever of, 374 



Rodent ulcer, 495 



Rogers' method in treatment of para- 

 gonimiasis, 209 



09, 



in treatment of cholera, 2 



210 

 Russell's viper, 431 

 fatality of bite of, 442 



Saccharin, test for, 59 

 Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 631 



pastorianus (wild yeast), 631 



Salamanders, venomous, toxicity of, 448 

 Salicylic acid, application in ichthyosis 



hystrix, 473 



as preservative, test for, 578 



Saline purgatives in Nasha fever, 396 



solution, intravenous injection in 



cholera, 210 



• isotonic, 613 



and hypertonic, compared 



results, 211 

 Salines in ciliar dysentery (Balantidium 

 . coli), 46 



in snake bite, 441; 



normal, in blackwater fever, 388 



Salisbury cure, in sjMaie, 359 

 Salol in chyluria and hmphuria, 284 

 Salt solution, rectal injections in oxyu- 

 riasis, 3n 



44 



Salt water, distillation of, to obtain 

 drinking water, 544 



Salts, uses of, in body, 563 



Salvarsan in chappa, 413 



in framboesia tropica, 26 



in treatment of African trypano- 

 somiasis, 148 



Sambon, theor\- of, relating to .S". t/ian- 

 so)ii, 254 



Sand filters, mechanical, z,()u 



Sanitation in tropics, 584 



Santonin in ascariasis, 311 



in oxyuriasis, 313 



in sprue, 359, 360 



Saponin, dangers of, in mineral waters, 



584 

 Sarcina?, arrangement, 162 

 Sarcocystis lindemanni, 6 



muris, 6 



tenellas buboli, habitat, 6 



Sarcodina (Rhizopoda), 4, 5 



Sarcoma (myeloid ?) of lower jaw, 497 



of neck, 500 



see also Bone sarcoma 



Sarcomatosis, multiple, 502 

 Sarcosporidiosis, 7 

 Sardines, dangers of, 572 

 Sausages, nutrition in, 567 

 Scabies, 487 



treatment, 487 



Seal]), elephantiasis of, 293 

 Scarlet fever, no spread of, in tropics, 401 

 Schistosoma haematobium, infection in 

 schistosomiasis, incubation time of, 

 248, 249 



symptomatolog\', 248 

 treatment, 248 



life-history, 244 

 — mori3holog\- of 



male and 



female, 243 

 ova of, 243, 637 



— ■ percentage of population of 



Egypt infected with, 242 



— japonicum from dog, 251 



infection in schistosomiasis, 251 



diagnosis, 254 



geographical distribution, 251 



ova of, 637 



pathology, 252 



prognosis bad, 254 



schistosomiasis spread by, 2^1 



symptomatology, 254 



treatment, 254 



— mansoni, infection in schistoso- 

 miasis, theory of Loos, 255 

 theorv of Sambon. 



254 



ova of, 637 



Schistosomiasis, causative parasites, 242 

 geographical distribution, 242 



infected with Schistosoma haemato- 

 bium, low mortalit\- in, 249 



Schistosoma japonicum, 251 



post-mortem appearances, 



^52, 253 _ 



intestinal, geographical distribu- 

 tion, 255 



pathology, 25!') 



prognosis, 256 



— ^ treatment, 256 



