2 74 



INDEX 



Filar ia>, parasitic in man, 80 



, in vertebrates and invertebrates, I 



, with embryos not found in blood, 123 



Filarial fever, 83 



Filariasis, chyluria in, 85 



, complications of, 85-87 



, diagnosis of, 100 



, transmission of, 103 



Filariida, 74, 79 



Fish, carriers of Pseudorasbora parva, 27 



Flies, bites of, 196 



Flukes. See Trematodes. 



Food as vehicle of infection, 160, 183, 185 



Gastrodiscus hominis, 48 



(Amphistomum to mints), 34 



Genitals, elephantiasis of, 92 

 Geographical distribution of Ambly- 

 cephalida, 229 



ankylostomiasis, 145 



Ankylostomum duodenale, 157 



bilharzia disease, 79 



elephantiasis, 87 



Faseiolopsis, 21 



Filaria, no 

 : filariasis, 87 



Ilysiidtz, 229 



Necator americanus, 158 



of snakes, 255, 262 



Paragonimus westermani, 22 



Strongyloides intestinalis, 78 



trichinosis, 139 



Watsonius watsoni t 32 

 " Geophagy," 146, 148 



Glands, enlarged in elephantiasis, 96 

 Glauconiidce, distinctive characters, 250 

 , non-venomous snakes, 228 

 Gnathostomid<t t 74 



Guinea-worm, 123, 126, 128, 181, 184 

 Gynzecophoric canal of Schistosomidae, 36 



HAEMOGLOBIN reduction in ankylos- 

 tomiasis, 147 



Hsemolysins, toxic components of venom, 

 239, 242 



Haemoptysis, endemic, 23 



, , following infection by paragoni- 

 mus, 23 



Haemorrhagins, toxic components of 



venoms, 239 



Hamadryad (Naja bungarus), 255 

 Heart, action of venom on, 239 

 , condition of, in ankylostomiasis, 151 

 , effects of ankylostomiasis on, 148 

 Hedgehog, destructive to snakes, 269 

 Helminths, 8 

 Hemibungarus , 252, 257 

 Hermaphrodism in parasites, 2 

 in trematodes, 16 

 Heterogenesis of trematodes, 12 

 Heterophyes heteropkyes, 19, 30, 48 

 , structure of, 19 

 Himeralli (Elaps surinarnensis), 265 

 Hirudinea, 193 

 Homorelaps, 252, 262 

 Hoplocephalus, 252 

 Horse-serum, Calmette's antivenomous, 



245. 2 57 

 - fully potent only against cobra venom, 



245. See also Sera 

 Hosts, effects of parasites on, 3 

 Hydrocele in filariasis, 86 

 Hydrophina (sea-snakes), 233 

 , distinctive characters, 251 

 , geographical distribution, 233 

 , subfamily of Colubridcc, 248 

 , synopsis of genera, 251 

 , venom of, 242 



Hydrophis, distinctive characters, 251 

 Hydrus platuruS) 251 

 Hymenolepis, 59 



diminuta, 61 



nana, 56, 60 



IlysiidcK, distinctive characters, 250 

 , geographical distribution, 229 

 Immunization to toxic constituents of 



snake venom, 220 

 India, ankylostomiasis in, 160 

 , Gastrodiscus hominis infection in, 34 

 Insect carriers of disease, 4, 213 

 Intestinal myiasis, 203 

 Intestines, condition of, in ankylo- 

 stomiasis, 151 

 , parasites in, 20, 141, 164 



