INDEX 



559 



Pedipalpi, 331. 



Pellagra, and blackflies, 483. 



Pellet ririne, for tapeworm infections, 

 237. 



Pennyroyal, oil of, repellent for fieae, 

 422; for mosfjuitoes, 455. 



Pbnscuke, 420. 



Peppermint, oil of, repellent for 

 mosquitoes, 455. 



Pcricoma townsvillensis, 466. 



Peripntu^, 324. 



Persia, African relapsing fever, 44; 

 oriental sore, 85, 86; Ornilho- 

 dorns (holosani, 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- 

 hotomus vcrrucarum, 472, 473. 



Petroleum, for removal of ticks, 367; 

 for bugs, 383; emulsion for head 

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

 for chigger wounds, 420; for 

 mosquitoes, 457; for mosquito 

 larvae, 458. 



Phalangomyia debilis, and Oroya 

 fever, 181. 



Philcemon, 320. 



Philippine Islands, amebic dj'sen- 

 tery, 130; craigiasis, 137; dengue, 

 186; kedani, 191; Schistosoma 

 japonicum, 218; lung flukes, 220, 

 221; human liver flukes, 224; 

 Echiaostomum ilocanum, 228; 

 TcBnia solium, 241; CEsophagosto- 

 mum apiostomum, 283; Anopheles 

 ludlowi, habits, 442; Musca do- 

 tnestica and intestinal mj'iasis, 

 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. 

 pcrrticiosus, and jjlilebotomus fever, 



470. 

 minut^is, and oriental sore, 86, 471; 

 and phlebotomus fever, 470; 

 habits, 471; description, 472. 

 minutus, var. iifricanus, and orien- 

 tal sore, 86, 471. 

 papata^ii, and phlebotomus fever, 

 188, 470; life history, 469; de- 

 scription, habits, etc., 470-471. 

 vcrrucarum, and Oroya fever and 

 verruga i)eruviana, 181, 472- 

 473. 



Phlebotomus fever, parasites of, 169, 

 188. 



Phthirius, hosts, 389. 

 inguinalis, see P. pubis. 

 pubis, 389, 396-397; dispersal, 

 400; reme(li(>s, 401. 



Physaloptcra mordens, 282. 



Physopsis africana, intermediate host 

 of Schistosoma hcematobiwn in 

 South Africa, 215. 



Pigeon, Argas rcflexus, 364. 



Pin worm, see Oxyuris vermiadaris. 



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, 168, 

 181, 360. 



Pito bug, 382. 



Plague, in Europe, 2, 411; in United 

 State.s, 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 Eg\7)t, 214, 217. 

 guadelupcnsi^, intermediate host of 

 Schistosoma mansoni in Ven- 

 ezuela, 217. 



