INDEX 



561 



P^Tethrum insect powder, for ticks, 

 3()9; for mosquitoes, loO. 



Python, host of Puruccphalus, 35t), 

 351. 



Quack doctors, 4; and syphihs, 56. 

 C^ueensland, hookworm (Hsease, 262. 

 Quinine, discovery and history, 8; 



for malaria, 163-164, 167. 

 Quininization, and prevention of 



malaria, 165, 166. 

 QuiROS, D., 419, 420. 



Rabbits, Eimcria stieda; of, in man, 

 172; susceptible to trichina, 288; 

 Linguatula rhinaria, 349; and 

 bedbugs, 375; Echidnophaga gal- 

 linacea, 420. 



Rabies, 169; parasite of, 170, 194. 



Ransom, B. H., 238, 243, 286, 287, 

 292, 294, 295. 



Rasahus, 382. 



Rat-bite fever, 69; cause of, 69-70; 

 treatment, 70. 



Rats, relapsing fever immunization, 

 47; reservoir of infectious javm- 

 dice, 67-68; and infantile kala- 

 azar, 82; development of Trij- 

 panosoma rhodcsiense in, 97; 

 hosts of human intestinal 

 Protozoa, 116; and amebic dys- 

 entery, 137; and Hymenolepis 

 nana, 242-244; Hymenolepis di- 

 minuta, 244; development of 

 Ascaris in, 274-275; Hormo- 

 rhy)ickus moniUfortnifi, 284; rela- 

 tion to trichiniasis, 287, 288, 296; 

 and bedbugs, 375; occasional 

 hosts of Pulex irritans, 414; 

 fleas, 417-418; Echidnophaga 

 gallinacea, 420. 



Rattlesnakes, Porocephalus crolali, 

 351. 



Redbugs, see Harvest mites. 



Redi, F., 6. 



Redia, 208-210. 



Red spider, 340. 



Reduviida;, 379. 



Rcduvius, 382. 



Reed, W., 184, 44.1. 



Ro'lapsing fever, 42-48; distribution, 

 42; spirochiEtes of, 42, 46; trans- 

 mission, 43-46, 378, 399; nature 

 of, 46-47; mortality, 47; treat- 

 ment, 47; i)rcvention, 47-48; 

 development in lice, 399. 



Repellents, for fleas, 423; for mo.s- 

 (juitoes, 455; for phlebotomus 

 flies, 473; for chironomids, 477; 

 for tabanids, 489; for tsetse flies, 

 501. 



Reptiles, reservoirs of Leishmanian 

 diseases, 471; fed on by tsetse 

 flies, 494. 



Reunion, trypanosomes in Trialoma 

 rubrofascidtd, 381. 



Rhinosporidium, 168; 173-174. 

 kinealyi, 173. 



Rhipicephdlus, 366. 



Rhizoglyphus parasiticus, 340. 



Rhizopoda, see Sarcodina. 



Rhodesia, sleeping sickness, 94. 



RhodniMS prolixus, 382. 



Rhynchn prion, see Dermatophilus. 



Rhj^nchota, see Hemiptera. 



RiCKETTs, H. T., 8, 189, 397. 



Rickettsia prowazeki, and typhus, 169. 



RiDEWOOD, W. G., 409. 



Rigg's disease, see Pyorrhea. 



Riley, W. V., 339, 474. 



RiNCONES, G., 451-452. 



Rio de Janeiro, reduction of yellow 

 fever, 183, 185; Triatoma v-itti- 

 ceps, 381. 



Robertson, jMi.ss, 99. 



RoCHA-LlMA, H., 169. 



Rockefeller, J. D., 268. 



Rockefeller Itistitute, 10. 



Rocky Mountain spotted fever, see 

 Spotted fever. 



Rodents, hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi, 

 112, 114; and spotted fever, 190, 

 191, 369; susceptible to Schisto- 

 soma infections, 215; hosts of 

 immature stages of Dermacentor 

 venustiis, 362-363; and Tria- 



