INDEX 



539 



Baton, H,, 378. 



Beaupebthuy, L. D., 322. 



Bedbugs, and relapsing fever, 45, 46; 

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

 and Leishmania infantum, 83; 

 and oriental sore, 86, 377-378; 

 and Trypanosoma cruzi, 112, 378, 

 370; 371-379; general 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, 385-386. 



Bee eater, natural enemy of tsetse 

 flies, 503. 



Beef tapeworm, see Tcsnia saginata. 



Beetles, intermediate hosts of Hy- 

 menolepis diminuta, 244; hosts 

 of Oiganlorhynchus hirudinaceus, 

 284; natural enemies of mos- 

 quitoes, 462. 



Belascaris cati, 282. 



Belgium, Tydeus molesius, 341. 



Bello Herizonte, eradication of 

 Chagas' disease, 114. 



Beta-naphthol, for Giardia infections, 

 125; for hookworm infections, 

 264; ointment for itch, 346. 



Bete rouge, 335, 336. 



Bi-flageUate Protozoa, of intestine, 

 117-118. 



BiLHARZ, Th., 7. 



Biliary fever, of horses, 168. 



Binucleata, 30. 



Bird lice, see Mallophaga. 



Birds, hosts of Cimex, 372; chief 

 prey of Culex quinguefasciatus, 

 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 Giardia in- 

 fections, 125. 



Bismuth subnitrate, for amebic dys- 

 entery, 135. 



Biting flies, see Flies, blood-sucking. 



Black corsair, see Melanolestes picipes. 



Black drongo, natural enemy of tsetse 

 flies, 503. 



Blackflies, and espundia, 92; mouth- 

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

 scription, 478-479; life history, 

 479-481; annoyance, 481-483; 

 and disease, 483; control, 483- 

 484. 



Blackheads, relation of Demodex to, 

 347. 



Blacklock, B., 494, 496. 



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 



bovis. 

 pork bladderworms, see Cynlicer- 

 cus cellulosm. 



Blanfordia, host of Schistosoma ja- 

 ponicum, 219. 



Blepharoplast, 29; see also Para- 

 basal body. 



Blood, immunity reactions, 20-22; 

 relation to anaphylaxis, 23-24. 



Blood corpuscles, white, see Leuco- 

 cytes. 



Blood flukes, 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 Amblyomma hehrosum. 



Borax, and calcium borate for treat- 

 ing manure, 508. 



Botflies, mouth parts, 464; in human 

 skin, 513-516; and intestinal 

 myiasis, 524. 



