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INDEX 



Oroya fever, 168, 176-181; history, 

 176; distribution, 176; con- 

 fusion with other diseases, 177; 

 course of, 179; parasite of, 179- 

 181; transmission, 181, 360. 



Orthetrum chrysostigma, preys on 

 tsetse flies, 503. 



Orthorrhapha, pupae, 465, 466; and 

 myiasis, 509. 



OSLER, SIR W., 49. 



OSUMI, S., 69. 



Otiobius megnini, 365-366. 



Owl midges, see Phlebotomus flies. 



Oxyuris vermicularis, nutriment ab- 

 sorbed, 202; 277-279. 



Pajaroello, 364. 



Palestine, leeches in nose and mouth, 



317-318. 

 Palpi, of insects, 325; of acarina, 331. 



Panama, French failure and Ameri- 

 can success, 2; Leishmania sores, 

 74-75, 488; malaria and the 

 Canal, 149; non-rnalarial Anoph- 

 eles, 158; reduction of malaria, 

 166; malaria-proof houses, 166; 

 yellow fever during French opera- 

 tions, 185; reduction of yellow 

 fever, 185; dengue, 186; oil 

 films for mosquitoes, 459. 



Pangonia, 485, 486. 



Papataci fever, see Phlebotomus 

 fever. 



Parabasal body, 29-30. 



Paragonimus, 220-224; see also Lung 



flukes. 



kellicotti, 220, 223. 

 ringeri, 220-224. 

 westermani, see P. ringeri. 



Paraguay, rattlesnakes and espundia, 

 92, 471. 



Paralysis, general, result of syphilis, 

 53, 54; from tick bites, 358-359. 



Paramceba, see Craigia. 



Paramaedum, old age, 33. 



Paramphistomum cervi, 229. 



Paraplasma flavigenum, and yellow 

 fever, 184. 



Parasites, discoveries of, 7; life his- 

 tories discovered, 8; definition, 

 12; kinds of, 12-13; effects of 

 parasitism on, 14; effects on 

 hosts, 15-17; modes of infection 

 and transmission, 17; geograph- 

 ic distribution, 18-19; effects 

 of temperature, 19; immunity 

 to, 19-22; introduction to virgin 

 territory, 20; relation to inter- 

 mediate and to final hosts, 450- 

 451. 



Parasitic diseases, history of treat- 

 ment of, 8. 



Parasitidae, 333, 341. 



Parasitism, degrees of, 12; effects on 

 parasites, 14; origin among 

 mites, 332-333. 



Parasitology, importance of, 5; his- 

 tory of, 6-11. 



Paratyphoid, confused with Oroya 

 fever, 178. 



Paris, syphilis in, 50. 



PASTEUR, L., 7, 9, 20. 



Patagonia, Filaria bancrofti, 299. 



PATTON, W. S., 77, 377, 416. 



PEACOCK, 7. 



Pediculoides ventricosus, 337-339. 



Pediculus, hosts, 389. 



capitis, 389; compared with P. 

 humanus, 389-390, 394-395, 394- 

 396; habitat, 395; life history, ' 

 395; effects of bites, 395-396; 

 and typhus, 397; and relapsing 

 fever, 399; and bubonic plague, 

 399-400; dispersal, 400; reme- 

 dies, 401. 



corporis, see P. humanus. 

 humanus, 389-394; compared with 

 P. capitis, 389-390, 394-395; 

 and disease, 390, 397-400; habi- 

 tat, 390; life history, 391-393; 

 habits, 393-394; effects of bites, 

 394; and typhus, 397-398; and 

 relapsing fever, 399; and plague, 

 399-400; dispersal, 400; eradi- 

 cation, 401-403. 

 vestimenti, see P. humanus. 



