INDEX 



539 



Baton, H., 378. 

 Beauperthuy, L. D., 322. 

 Bodbufis, :ui(l rolapsin^ fever, 45, 40; 

 378; and kahi-azar, 77-78, 377; 

 and Leishmania infantum, 83; 

 and oriental sore, 86, 377-378; 

 and Tr>fi>(ini).-^(>iiin cruzi, 112, 378, 

 370; 371-379; j^eneral structure, 

 371; odor, 371-372; species, 

 372-373; habits, 373-375; effect 

 of bites, 374; hosts, 374-375; 

 life history, 375-376; and disease, 

 376-379; and bubonic plague, 

 378-379; remedies and preven- 

 tion, 383; fumigation of, 385-38G. 



Bee eater, natural enemy of tsetse 

 flies, 503. 



Beef tapeworm, see Tcenia saginata. 



Beetles, intermediate hosts of Hy- 

 menolepis diminuta, 244; hosts 

 of Giganlorhynckus hirudinaceus, 

 284; nat\iral enemies of mos- 

 quitoes, 462. 



Belascaris cati, 282. 



Belgium, Tydeus molestiis, 341. 



Bello Herizonte, eradication of 

 Chagas' disease, 114. 



Beta-naphthol, for Giardia infections, 

 125; for hookworm infections, 

 264; ohitment for itch, 346. 



Bete rouge, 335, 336. 



Bi-flagellate Protozoa, of intestine, 

 117-118. 



BiLHARZ, Th., 7. 



Bihary fever, of horses, 168. 



Binucleata, 30. 



Bird hce, see Mallophaga. 



Birds, hosts of Cimex, 372; chief 

 prey of Cidex quinquejasciatus, 

 449; as food for tsetse flies, 494, 

 495; natural enemies of tsetse 

 flies, 503; blood-sucking mag- 

 gots in nests of, 511. 



BiSHOPP, F. C, 422. 



Bismuth salicylate, for Ginrdia in- 

 fections, 125. 



Bismuth subnitrate, for amebic dys- 

 entery, 135. 



Biting flies, see Flies, blood-sucking. 

 Black corsair, see Mdanolestes incipes. 

 Black drongo, natural enemy of tsetse 



flies, 503. 

 Blackflies, and cspundia, 92; mouth- 

 parts, 327, 478; 478-484; de- 

 scription, 478-479; life hi.story, 

 479-481; annoyance, 481-483; 

 and disease, 483; control, 483- 

 484. 

 Blackheads, relation of Dcmodex to, 



347. 

 Blacklock, B., 494, 406. 

 Black sickness, see Kala-azar. 

 Black vomit, in yellow fever, 185. 

 Blackwater fever, 161-162. 

 Bladderworms, types of, 235; dam- 

 age done by, 236-237. 

 beef bladderworms, see Cysticercus 



hovia. 

 pork bladderworms, see Cyaticer- 

 cus ccllidosce. 

 lUanfnrdia, host of SchiMosoma ja- 



pnnicum, 219. 

 Blepharoplast, 29; sec also Para- 

 basal body. 

 Blood, innnunity reactions, 20-22; 



relation to anaphylaxis, 23-24. 

 Blood corpuscles, white, see Leuco- 

 cytes. 

 Blood fliikes, discovery, 7, 8; 211- 

 220; relation of .sexes, 211, 212; 

 possibility of introduction into 

 United States, 219-220. See 

 also Schistosoma. 

 Bloodsuckers, see Leeches. 

 Blowflies, maggots parasitic on birds, 



511. 

 Bodo, 115; 117-118. 

 Bolivia, oriental sore, 87. 

 Bombay, relapsing fever, 43. 

 Bont tick, see AmUyomma hebrcBum. 

 Borax, and calcium borate for treat- 

 ing manure, 508. 

 Botflies, mouth parts, 464; in human 

 skin, 513 516; ami intestinal 

 myiasis, 524. 



