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INDEX 



Akamushi, see Leptus akamushi. 



Akashi, 244. 



Alcock, a., 433, 449, 478. 



Alcohol, in prevention of filarial in- 

 fection, 307; for red-bug rash, 

 336; resistance of maggots to, 

 522, 526. 



Alcresta ipecac, for Balanlidium in- 

 fections, 127; for amebic dys- 

 entery, 135-136; tor amebic 

 infections of mouth, 146. 



Algeria, relapsing fever transmission, 

 44; infantile kala-azar, 82; sheep 

 head-maggot, 522-523. 



Alum, for fleas, 421. 



Amblyomma, 366. 

 cajennense, 367. 

 hebrcBum, 367. 



Amebae, cultivation, 9; encysted, in 

 Egypt, 34; 128-146; classifica- 

 tion, 128-130; and dysentery, 

 131-134; effect of emetin on, 

 135; of mouth, 139-146. 



Amebic dysentery, in United States, 

 6; 130-137; importance, 130; 

 parasites of, 132-134; course of, 

 134; treatment, 135-136; pre- 

 vention, 136-137. 



America, relapsing fever, 42, 43; 

 origin of syphilis, 48; importa- 

 tion of yaws, 63; possibility of 

 kala-azar, 77; introduction of 

 sleeping sickness, 93; yellow 

 fever, 182-183; Schistosoma rmin- 

 soni, 217; Hymenolepis nana, 

 242; introduction of Necator 

 americamis, 255; hosts of tri- 

 china, 288; Demodex follicu- 

 lorum, 347; Amblyomma cajen- 

 nense, 367; original home of 

 Aedes calopus, 447; Culex quin- 

 quefasciaius, 449; Janthinosoma 

 lutzi, 453; oil of citronella as 

 repellent for mosquitoes, 455; 

 Chironomidse, 474; skin mag- 

 gots, 513-516; screw-worm, 519; 

 Fannia, 524. See also various 

 geographic subdivisions. 



American hookworm, see Necaior 

 americanus. 



American Hookworm Commission, 

 use of thymol, 263; work of, 268. 



American leishmaniasis, see Es- 

 pundia. 



American Red Cross, work in Serbia, 

 378, 398. 



American Yellow Fever Commission, 

 7-8, 184, 443. 



Ammonia, for red-bug rash, 335; for 

 body lice, 402. 



Am/sba, 131. 



Anaphylatoxin, 23-25. 



Anaphylaxis, 23-25; specific, 24; 

 treatment, 25. 



Ancon, manufacture of larvicide, 459. 



Ancylostoma duodenale, distribution, 

 255; description, 256-257. 

 ceylanicum, 255. 



Anderson, J. F., 8, 397. 



Andes, uta, 86; Oroya fever, 178, 

 472; Phlebotomus vemtcarum, 473. 



Animal experimentation, 10-11. 



Anise oil, for body Uce, 401 ; for mos- 

 quitoes, 455; for phlebotomus 

 flies, 473. 



Anisol, for body lice, 401. 



Annehda, 199-200; 315; relation to 

 arthropods, 323; see also Leeches. 



Anopheles, malaria^carrying species, 

 157-158,438,439-441; cessation 

 of breeding and subtropical 

 malaria, 162; number necessary 

 to propagate malaria, 165; inter- 

 mediate host of Filaria bancrofti, 

 301, 450; palpi, 426; eggs, 429; 

 larvse, 431, 442; time of activity, 

 435, 437; identification, 438- 

 439; habits, 441-443; variable 

 ability of species to transmit 

 different kinds of malaria, 439; 

 effect of oil on larvse, 458; effect 

 of larvicide, 459. 

 alhimanus, and malaria in tropical 



America, 439. 

 argyrotarsus, and malaria in tropi- 

 cal America, 441. 



