INDEX 



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Triatoma, relation to Trypanosoma 

 cruzi, 8, 108, 110-112, 380-381; 

 houses proof against, 114, 370; 

 379-382; habits and life history, 

 379.^ 



chagasi, infected with trypano- 

 somes, 381. 



dimidiata, infected with trypano- 

 somes, 381. 



geniculata, and Trypanosoma cruzi, 

 112, 380-381. 



infestans, infected with trypano- 

 somes, 381. 



megista, and Trypanosoma cruzi, 

 110-112; habits and life history, 

 380. 



protracta, and Trypanosoma tria- 

 tomce, 112, 379, 381. 



rubrofasciata, and Trypanosoma 

 cruzi, 112, 381; and kala-azar, 

 377, 382; possible carrier of 

 trypanosome disease in Mauri- 

 tius and Reunion, 381. 



sanguisuga, 110, 379. 



sordida, infected with trypano- 

 somes, 381. 



fritticeps, infected with trypano- 



somes, 381. 

 Trichina worms, see Trichinella 



spiralis. 



Trichinella spiralis, discovery, 7; 

 286-297; history, 286; preva- 

 lence, 286-288; life history, 288- 

 292; hosts, 288; reproduction, 

 289; distribution hi body of 

 host, 290; formation of cysts, 

 291; trichiniasis, 292-294; treat- 

 ment, 294-295; prevention, 295- 

 297; effects of cold storage and 

 heat, 295; meat inspection for, 

 295-296. 



Trichiniasis, prevalence, 286-288; 

 course of, 292-294; treatment, 

 294-295; prevention, 295-297. 

 Trichinosis, see Trichiniasis. 

 Trichoma, 396. 



Trichomonas, 115; 118-122; in vagina, 

 119; in mouth, 119; descrip- 



tion, 119; multiplication and 

 encystment, 120; pathogenicity, 

 121; treatment of infections, 

 121. 



buccalis, 119. 

 intestinalis, 118-122. 

 vaginalis, 119. 

 Trichostrongylus, 282-283. 

 instabUis, 282. 

 orientalis, 282. 

 subtilis, see T. instabilis. 

 Trichuris trichiura, 276-277. 

 Trinidad, mosquitoes thought to 



transmit Dermatobia. 

 Triodontophorus, see Ternidens. 

 Trombidiidae, see Harvest mites. 

 Trombidium, and kedani, 191. 

 akamushi, 336. 

 holosericeum, 336. 

 Tropical sloughing phagedsena, 72. 

 Tropical ulcer, 72. 

 Tropidurus peruvianus, host of Phle- 



botomus verrucarum, 472. 

 Trypanoplasma, 117. 

 Trypanosoma, relation of tsetse flies 

 to, 7, 490, 496-497, 500-501; 

 cultivation, 9; immunity to 

 drugs, 34, 105-106; develop- 

 mental stages, 75, 96-97; 93- 

 114; importance, 93-94; de- 

 scription of, 94-95; hosts, 96; 

 identification of species, 96- 

 97; species pathogenic to man, 

 97; and sleeping sickness, 98- 

 108; spores, 102; granule-shed- 

 ding, 103; agglutination, 103; 

 and Chagas' disease, 108-114; 

 and leeches, 317; carried by 

 Cimex pipistretti, 378; possible 

 cause of disease in Mauritius 

 and Reunion, 381-382. 

 brucei, relation to Rhodesian sleep- 

 ing sickness, 108, 497. 

 cruzi, relation of Triatoma to, 8, 

 108, 380-381; and Chagas' dis- 

 ease, 108-114; distribution, 108; 

 human cycle, 109-110; life cycle 

 in Triatoma, 110-113; other in- 



