INDEX 



559 



Pedipalpi, 331. 



Pellagra, and blackflies, 483. 



Pelletririne, for tapeworm infections, 



237. 

 Pennyroyal, oil of, repellent for fleas, 



422; for mosquitoes, 455. 

 PENSCHKE, 420. 

 Peppermint, oil of, repellent for 



mosquitoes, 455. 

 Pericoma townsvillensis, 466. 

 Peripatus, 324. 



Persia, African relapsing fever, 44; 

 oriental sore, 85, 86; Ornitho- 

 dorus tholosani, 361 ; Argas persi- 

 cus, 364. 



Persian insect powder, see Pyre- 

 thrum insect powder. 

 Peru, uta, 86; oriental sore, 87; 

 Trichomonas pathogenic, 121; 

 Oroya fever, 176, 181, 472; lung 

 fluke, 224; breeding places of 

 phlebotomus flies, 468; Phle- 

 botomus verrucarum, 472, 473. 

 Petroleum, for removal of ticks, 367; 

 for bugs, 383; emulsion for head 

 Jice, 401; for body lice, 401, 402; 

 for chigger wounds, 420; for 

 mosquitoes, 457; for mosquito 

 larvae, 458. 

 Phalangomyia debUis, and Oroya 



fever, 181. 

 Philcemon, 320. 



Philippine Islands, amebic dysen- 

 tery, 130; craigiasis, 137; dengue, 

 186; kedani, 191; Schistosoma 

 japonicum, 218; lung flukes, 220, 

 221; human liver flukes, 224; 

 Echinostomum ilocanum, 228; 

 Toenia solium, 241; (Esophagosto- 

 mum apiostomum, 283; Anopheles 

 ludlowi, habits, 442; Musca do- 

 mestica and intestinal myiasis, 

 527. 



Phinotas oil, for blackflies, 483. 



Phlebotomus, and oriental sore, 86, 



471; and Oroya fever, 181, 472- 



473; and phlebotomus fever, 



188, 470-471; 463; 466-473; 



general description, 466-468; life 

 history, 468-470; and diseases, 

 470-473; control, 473. 

 perniciosus, and phlebotomus fever, 



470. 



minutus, and oriental sore, 86, 471; 

 and phlebotomus fever, 470; 

 habits, 471; description, 472. 

 minutus, var. africanus, and orien- 

 tal sore, 86, 471. 



papatasii, and phlebotomus fever, 

 188, 470; life history, 469; de- 

 scription, habits, etc., 470-471. 

 verrucarum, and Oroya fever and 

 verruga peruviana, 181, 472- 

 473. 

 Phlebotomus fever, parasites of, 169, 



188. 



Phthirius, hosts, 389. 

 inguinalis, see P. pubis. 

 pubis, 389, 396-397; dispersal, 



400; remedies, 401. 

 Physaloptera mordens, 282. 

 Physopsis africana, intermediate host 

 of Schistosoma hcematobium in 

 South Africa, 215. 

 Pigeon, Argas reflexus, 364. 

 Pin worm, see Oxyuris vermicularis. 

 Piophila casei, and intestinal myiasis, 



526, 527. 



Piroplasmata, 27, 168; Bartonella a 

 member of, 180-181; and 

 spotted fever, 168; and kedani, 

 192; transmission by ticks, 16&, 

 181, 360. 

 Pito bug, 382. 



Plague, in Europe, 2, 411; in United 

 States, 2, 411; in India, 3, 411; 

 and bedbugs, 378; and lice, 399- 

 400; and fleas, 410-413; and 

 rats, 411. 

 Planorbis, occurrence in United 



States, 220. 



boissyi, intermediate host of Schisto- 

 soma mansoni in Egypt, 214, 217. 

 guadelupensis, intermediate host of 

 Schistosoma mansoni in Ven- 

 ezuela, 217. 



