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INDEX. 



ABSCESS, deep-seated, in filariasis, 84 



Acanthocephala, 74 



Acanthopsis antarcticus (death adder), 



268 



, distinctive characters, 252 

 Acetabulum, large \nfasciolopsis, 21 

 Adrenalin to raise blood-pressure after 



snake-bite, 248 



dZpysurus, distinctive characters, 251 

 Agamofi laria georgiana, 131 

 Aglypha, 231, 250 

 Albuminuria in ankylostomiasis, 146 

 Alcohol in ankylostomiasis, 154 

 Alimentary canal of trematodes, 12 

 Amblycephalida, distinctive characters, 



250 



, geographical distribution, 229 

 Amphibia mistaken for snakes, 226 

 Amphistomum, 32 

 Anaemia, causes of, 22, 52 



following trematode infection, 22, 34 



in ankylostomiasis, 145, 155 

 -, tropical, causes of, 156 

 AncistrodoH) 259 



, bite most deadly, 266 



contortrix, 266 



, distinctive characters, 255 



himalayanus, 261 



piscivorus, 266 

 Angiostomidce, 74 

 Anguillula intes finale, 75 

 Anguillulida, 74 



Ankylostoma, development of, 2, 183 



Ankylostomes, expulsion of, 152 



, ova of, in faeces, 149, 184 



Ankylostomiasis, 141 



, anaemia in, 155 



, appetite perversion in, 146, 148 



, blood conditions in, 147 



, cardiac complications in, 148 



Ankylostomiasis, clinical course of, 145 



, complications of, 151 



, diagnosis of, 149 



, digestive disorders in, 149 



, during pregnancy, grave prognosis, 



, dysentery in, 148 



, etiology of, 155 



, fatty degeneration in, 147 



> geographical distribution, 145 . 



, intestinal disorders in, 146, 148 



, mode of infection, 159 



, morbid anatomy of, 150 



, nursing in, 154 



, pregnancy during, 150, 153 



, prognosis, 150 



, prophylaxis against, 16 



, treatment of, 152, 154 



Ankylostomum duodenale, 141 



, cause of anaemia, 156 



, descriptive characters, 142 



Anophelina, carriers of filaria, 105 



Anthelmintics, 152 



Anthomyidae, 203, 210 



Antivenoms, 220 



Aphiochtata, 205 



Apoda, 226 



Appendicitis said to be due to Tricho- 



cephaluS) 135 



Armadillo, destructive to snakes, 269 

 Arthropoda, 6 

 , carriers of parasites, 3 

 Arthropods, 193 

 Ascarida, 74 

 Ascaris cants, 74, 169 



lumbricoidesy development of, 166 

 , larvae and ova of, 168 



, parasitic in man, 2 



, symptoms of, 168 



, treatment of, 168 



