INDEX 



559 



Pedipalpi, 331. 



Pellagra, and blackflies, 483. 



Pelletririne, for tapeworm infections, 

 237. 



Pennyroyal, oil of, repellent for fleas, 

 422; for mosquitoes, 455. 



Penbchkb, 420. 



Peppermint, oil of, repellent for 

 mosqmtoes, 455. 



Pericoma townsvillensis, 466. 



Peripatus, 324. 



Persia, African relapsing fever, 44; 

 oriental sore, 85, 86; Ornitho- 

 dorus tholosani, 361 ; Argas persi- 

 cus, 364. 



Persian insect powder, see Pyre- 

 thrum insect powder. 



Peru, uta, 86; oriental sore, 87; 

 Trichomonas pathogenic, 121; 

 Oroya fever, 176, 181, 472; lung 

 fluke, 224; breeding places of 

 phlebotomus flies, 468; Phle- 

 botomus verrucarum, 472, 473. 



Petroleum, for removal of ticks, 367; 

 for bugs, 383; emulsion for head 

 lice, 401; for body Uce, 401, 402; 

 for chigger wounds, 420; for 

 mosquitoes, 457; for mosquito 

 larvae, 458. 



Phalangomyia debilis, and Oroya 

 fever, 181. 



Philmmon, 320. 



Philippine Islands, amebic dysen- 

 tery, 130; craigiasis, 137; dengue, 

 186; kedani, 191; Schistosoma 

 japonicum, 218; lung flukes, 220, 

 221; human liver flukes, 224; 

 Echinostomum ilocanum, 228; 

 Tmnia solium, 241; (Esophagosto- 

 mum apiostomum, 283; Anopheles 

 ludlowi, habits, 442; Musca do- 

 m£stica and intestinal myiasis, 

 527. 

 Phinotas oil, for blackflies, 483. 

 Phlebotomus, and oriental sore, 86, 

 471; and Oroya fever, 181, 472- 

 473; and phlebotomus fever, 

 188, 470-471; 463; 466-473; 



general description, 466-468; life 

 history, 468-470; and diseases, 

 470-473; control, 473. 

 perniciosus, and phlebotomus fever, 



470. 

 minutiis, and oriental sore, 86, 471; 

 and phlebotomus fever, 470; 

 habits, 471; description, 472. 

 minutus, var. africanus, and orien- 

 tal sore, 86, 471. 

 papatasii, and phlebotomus fever, 

 188, 470; life history, 469; de- 

 scription, habits, etc., 470-471. 

 verrucarum, and Oroya fever and 

 verruga peruviana, 181, 472- 

 473. - -*i 



Phlebotomus fever, parasites of, 169, 

 188. 



Phlhirius, hosts, 389. 

 inguinalis, see P. pubis, 

 pubis, 389, 396-397; dispersal, 

 400; remedies, 401. 



Physaloptera mordens, 282. 



Physopsis africana, intermediate host 

 of Schistosoma hcematobium in 

 South Africa, 215. 



Pigeon, Argas reflexu^, 364. 



Pinworm, see Oxyuris vermicularis. 



Piophila casei, and intestinal myiasis, 

 526, 527. 



Piroplasmata, 27, 168; Bartonella a 

 member of, 180-181; and 

 spotted fever, 168; and kedani, 

 192; transmission by ticks, 168, 

 181, 360. 



Pito bug, 382. 



Plague, in Europe, 2, 411; in United 

 States, 2, 411; in India, 3, 411; 

 and bedbugs, 378; and hce, 399- 

 400; and fleas, 410-413; and 

 rats, 411. 



Planorbis, occurrence in United 

 States, 220. 

 boissyi, intermediate host of Schisto- 

 soma mansoni in Egypt, 214, 217. 

 guadelupensis, intermediate host of 

 Schistosoma mansoni in Ven- 

 ezuela, 217. 



