INDEX 



553 



Leprosy, spread by bedbugs, 379. 

 Leptomonas, see Herpetomonas. 

 Leptospira, 67. 



Leplus, 336; see also Harvest mites. 

 akamushi, and kedani, 191, 333. 

 americanus, 336. 

 aiUumnalis, 336. 

 irriians, 336. 

 Leuckart, R., 7, 202. 

 Leucocytes or white blood corpuscles, 



prey on parasites, 20. 

 Lice, intermediate hosts of Dipylid- 

 ium caninum, 245; fumigation, 

 386, 387-403; importance, 387; 

 general structure, 388-389; hu- 

 man species, 389; specificity of 

 action of salivary juice, 393; 

 lice and disease, 397-400; and 

 typhus, 8, 378, 397-399; and 

 relapsing fever, 44-46, 378, 399; 

 and bubonic plague, 399-400; 

 and syphilis, 400; dispersal, 400; 

 prevention, 400-403; control in 

 war, 402-403; body louse, see 

 Pediculus humanus; head louse, 

 see Pediculus capitis; crab-louse, 

 see Phthirius pubis. 

 Life histories of parasites, discoveries 



of, 7. 

 Lima, A. C, 458. 



lAmnoea, host of Fasciola hepatica, 



208; host of Schistosoma japoni- 



cum, 219; occurrence in United 



States, 220. 



Ldmnalis nilotica, 316; in nose and 



mouth, 317-318. 

 Ldnguatula rhinaria, 349-360. 

 Linguatulina, 333, 348-351. 

 Lin.stow, O. F., von, 245. 

 LisTON, W. G., 411. 

 Liver abscess, sequel of amebic dys- 

 entery, 134; in a case of myiasis, 

 527. 

 Liver flukes, of sheep, goats, etc., 

 208-210, 224; human, 224-228; 

 symptoms, 227; prevention, 

 227-228. 

 Livingston, D., 360. 



Llama, host of Tcenia saginata, 240. 



Lloyd, L., 495, 496. 



Loa loa, 308-310; and Chrysops, 489. 



London, copra itch, 340. 



Looss, A., 258. 



LoscH, F., 7. 



Louisiana, extermination of Aedes 

 calopus and yellow fever, 185. 



Louse-mite, see Pediculoides ventri- 

 cosiis. 



Lucilia, 521. 

 coesar, 521. 



Luetin test, for syphilis, 55. 



Lung flukes, relation of crabs to, 8, 

 220-224; distribution, 220; re- 

 lation to host, 220-221; life 

 history, 221-223; mode of in- 

 fection, 223; prevention, 223- 

 224. 



Lunule, frontal, 465. 



LuTZ, A., 217. 



Lymphangitis, in filarial disease, 305. 



Lynch, k. M., 117, 120, 137. 



Lyon, H., 409. 



Lyperosia irritans, see Hmmatohia 

 serrata. 



Lysol, in prevention of filarial infec- 

 tions, 307; for chiggers, 420. 



MacConnbll, J. F. P., 7. 



McCuLLOCH, Miss I., 112, 381. 



McDonald, W., 448. 



Macfie, J. W. Scott, 98, 507. 



MacGregor, W., 7. 



Mackie, F. p., 81. 



McNaughton, J. G., 306. 



MacNeal, W. J., 9, 10. 



Macronucleus, 28. 



Macrostoma mesnili, 122-123. 



Madagascar, Triatoma rubrofasdata, 

 381; surra, 487. 



Maggots, in espundia sores, 90; and 

 m3riasis, 509-528 ; characteris- 

 tics, 509-510; blood-sucking, 

 511-513; under skin, 513-519; 

 in wounds and natural cavities 

 of body, 519-523; in intestine, 

 523-528; in urinary passages. 



