INDEX 



555 



hibertina, and Paragonimiis ringeri, 

 221; and Clonorchis sinensis, 226. 



Melanolestes, 382. 

 pidpes, 382. 



Melittophagus meridionalis, and tsetse 

 flies, 503. 



Membranelles, 30. 



Mercurial ointment, for crab lice, 401. 



Mercuric chloride (corrosive subli- 

 mate), for syphilis, 56; for rat- 

 bite fever, 70; for guinea-worm, 

 314; for destroying flea eggs, 

 421; to reraove Demiatobia hom 

 skin, 515. 



Mesozoa, 27. 



Metamorphoses, of insects, 329. 



Metastrongyliis apri, 200. 



Metazoa vs. Protozoa, 26-27. 



Methylene blue, for Trichomonas in- 

 fections, 121; for Balantidium 

 infections, 127. 



Mexico, relapsing fever, 46; amebic 

 dysentery, 130, 136; tlalsahuate, 

 335; Omithodorus, 361, 365; 

 Otiobius m.Sgnini, 365; distribu- 

 tion of hce, 394; lice and typhus, 

 396, 397. 



Miana tick or bug, see Argas persicus. 



Mice, and infantile kala-azar, 82; 

 hosts of human intestinal Pro- 

 tozoa, 116; spread of Sarco- 

 sporidia among, 175; Sarcocystis 

 muris, 176; and kedani mite, 

 191; experimental infection with 

 Schistosoma, 217, 219; Hymeno- 

 lepis nana and diminuta, 242- 

 244; and bedbugs, 375; Hor- 

 morhynchus moniliformis, 284; 

 trichina, 288, 296; occasional 

 hosts of Pulex irritans, 414. 



Microfilaria, discovery, 7, 299-300; 

 periodicity, 301; effect of drugs 

 on, 306. 

 bancrofti, 299-300; periodicity, 

 301; effect of drugs on, 306; 

 comparison with mf. loa, 309. 

 juncea, 308. 

 loa, 309. 



Persians, 308. 

 volvuliis, 311. 



Micromys montebelloi, host of kedani 

 mite, 191, 336. 



Micronuoleus, 28. 



MiDDLETON, W. S., 144. 



Midges, see Chironomidae. 



MiGLIANO, L., 72. 



Miller's itch, caused by Pediculoides, 

 338. 



"Millions," natural enemy of mos- 

 quitoes, 460-461. 



Mimm's culicide, 456. 



Minas Geraes, Triatoma megista, 380. 



Miner's itch, see Hookworm. 



Mines, hookworm in, 262, 265. 



Miracidium, 208. 



Mites, and kedani, 191; general 

 account, 331-332; life history, 

 332; parasitism, 332-333; fami- 

 lies containing parasites, 333; 

 toxic effects of salivary juices, 

 337; see also various species. 



MiTZMAiN, M. B., 405. 



MiYAiM, K., 218, 219, 222. 



Moco, host of Triatoma chagasi, 381. 



Mongols, possibly result of sjnphilis, 

 53. 



Monkeys, for experimentation, 10; 

 relapsing fever, 43, 47; and in- 

 fantile kala-azar, 82; and es- 

 pundia, 89; susceptible to Schis- 

 tosoma infections, 215; Tri- 

 churis trichiura, 277; hosts of 

 Ternidens deminutus, 283; CEso- 

 phagostomum apiostomum, 283; 

 probable host of CEsophagos- 

 tomum stephanostomum thomasi, 

 283; and plague, 413. 



Montana, spotted fever, 189; Poro- 

 cephalus in man, 351. 



Morales, R., 451. 



Moscow, transmission of relapsing 

 fever,378; habits oiAnopheles,4A2. 



Mosquitoes, and espundia, 92; and 

 Oroya fever, 181; mouthparts, 

 327, 426-4?7; fumigation, 386, 

 456; 424-462; importance, 424; 



