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INDEX 



Oroya fever, 108, 176-181; history, 

 176; distribution, 176; con- 

 fusion with other diseases, 177; 

 course of, 179; parasite of, 179- 

 181; transmission, 181, 360. 



Orlhetrutn chrysosHgma, preys on 

 tsetse flies, 503. 



Orthorrhapha, pupa', 465, 466; and 

 mj^iasis, 509. 



OSLER, SiH W., 49. 



OsuMi, S., 69. 



Otiobius inignini, 365-366. 



Owl midges, see Phlebotomus flies. 



Oxyurifi vcrmicuJtiris, 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 faihire and Ameri- 

 can success, 2; Lnshmanin sores, 

 74-75, 488; malaria and the 

 Canal, 149; non-malarial ^nop/i- 

 cles, 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 Plilebotomus 

 fever. 



Paraba.sal bod>-, 20-30. 



Pdragonimu,^, 220-224; see also Lung 

 flukes. 

 kdlirotti. 220, 223. 

 ringcri, 220 224. 

 westermani, see P. ringeri. 



Paraguay, rattlesnakes and eepundia, 

 92, 471. 



Paralysis, general, result of syphilis, 

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



Partirfiacha, see Craigia. 



}'<ir(nuiiTiuv\, old age, .33. 



P<ir<niii)hisliniiuiit rcri'i, 229. 



PnrupbiKuiii flmngetiuni, :uiil Vfllosv 

 fever. 1H4. 



Parasites, di.scoveries of, 7; life his- 

 tories discovered, 8; definition, 

 12; kinds of, 12-13; efi'ects of 

 parasitism on, 14; effects on 

 hosts, 15-17; modes of infection 

 and transmission, 17; geograj)!)- 

 ic di.stributi()n, 18-19; eiTects 

 of temperature, 19; mmiunitj' 

 to, 19-22; introduction to virgin 

 territory, 20; relation to inter- 

 mediate and to final ho.sts, 450- 

 451. 



Parasitic di.sea.ses, history of treat- 

 ment of, S. 



Parasitida>, 333, 341. 



Parasitism, degrees of, 12; effects on 

 parasites, 14; origin among 

 mites, 332-333. 



Parasitology, imi)<)rtance of, 5; his- 

 tory of, 6-11. 



Paratyi)hoid, confu.sed with Oroya 

 fever, 178. 



Paris, syi)hilis in, 50. 



Pasteur, L., 7, 9, 20. 



Patagonia, Filaria hancrofti, 299. 



Patton, W. S., 77, 377, 416. 



Peacock, 7. 



Pedicidoides ventricosus, 337-339. 



Pcdicidus, hosts, 389. 



cajntis, 389; com])are(l with P. 

 humayius, 389-390, 394-395, 394- 

 396; liabitat, 395; life history, 

 395; cfTects of bites, 395-396; 

 and typhus, 397; and relapsing 

 fever, .399; and l)ul)onic plague, 

 399-400; dispersal, 400; reme- 

 dies, 401. 

 corporis, see /'. JiiinKuius. 

 humamifi, 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; efTects of bites, 

 394; and t^^hus, 397-398; and 

 relap.sing fever, 399; and jihigue, 

 3<)9-J()0; dispersal, 400; nadi- 

 <:it ion, 401-403. 

 venlivienli, see P. humanus. 



