Insects and Diseases / A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases

by Rennie Wilbur Doane

Adams, S.H., [132].
Advisory Committee, [146].
Agramonte, Dr. Aristides, [123].
Alimentary canal, fly larvæ in, [49].
Amœba, [19].
Anopheles,
adults, [91];
eggs, [92];
habits of adults, [94];
larvæ, [78], [79], [93];
pupæ, [93];
resting position, [92];
species in U.S., [92].
Anthrax, [44];
and flies, [70].
Arthropoda, [26].
Asexual reproduction, [111].
Bacillus,
anthracis, [44];
icteroides, [124];
lepræ, [171];
pestis, [150].
Bacillus carriers, [66].
Back-swimmers, [100].
Bacteria, [15];
saprophytic and parasitic, [17];
effect on host, [18];
dissemination, [18].
Bedbugs, [54], [147].
Banks, Nathan, [34].
Bell-animalcule, [22].
Berne, [51].
Birds as enemies of mosquitoes, [99].
Black-flies, [46].
Blackheads, [35].
Blow-flies, [48].
Blue, Dr. Rupert, [143].
Blue-bottle flies, [48].
Bot-flies, [50].
Break-bone fever, [169].
Breeze-fly, [44].
Buffalo-gnats, [46].
Calliphora vomitoria, [48].
Camphor, for mosquitoes, [102].
Cancer, [36].
Carroll, Dr. James, [123].
Castor-bean tick, [27].
Cattle tick, [29].
Cedar oil, for mosquitoes, [102].
Ceratophyllus,
faciatus, [153];
acutus, [156].
Cesspools, [72].
Chigger, [53].
Chigger-flea, [53].
Chigo, [30], [39].
Chigoe, [53].
Cholera, [68].
Chrysomyia macellaria, [47].
Cimex,
lectularis, [54];
rotundatus, [173].
Contagious diseases, [8].
Conjugation, [20].
Cooley, Prof. R.A., [33].
Craig, Dr. C.F., [118].
Ctenocephalus,
canis, [154];
felis, [154].
Culex,
fatigans, [96], [170];
pipiens, [98].
Dengue, [169].
Dermatobia cyaniventris, [51].
Dermatophilus penetrans, [53].
Diarrhea, [69].
Diptera, [43].
Diving beetles, [100].
Dragon-flies, [99].
Dysentery, [20].
Eggs,
of flies, [63];
of mosquitoes, [77];
of Anopheles, [92].
Egyptian opthalmia, [52].
Elephantiasis, [164].
Enemies of mosquitoes, [97].
Enteritis, [69].
Euglena, [21].
Eye-worm, [12].
Face-mite, [35].
Fighting mosquitoes,
adults, [101];
larvæ, [103].
Fiji Islands, Anopheles in, [117].
Filaria bancrofti, [164].
Finlay, Dr. Charles, [124].
Fish, [100].
Flagella, [20].
Fleas, [52];
and plague, [142], [145], [147];
structure and habits, [151];
common species, [153];
on ground squirrels, [156];
remedies for, [157].
Flies, [43];
and typhoid, [65];
specks, [66];
and various diseases, [68].
Flesh-flies, [48].
Fumigating for mosquitoes, [102].
Gad-fly, [43].
Glossina palpalis, [163].
Golgi, Camillo, [109].
Grassi, Prof. G.B., [118].
Gray-flies, [47].
Ground squirrels and plague, [155].
Guinea-worm, [11].
Hæmamœba, [109].
Hæmatobia, [45].
Hæmosporidiida, [24].
Hæmotopinus spinulosus, [55].
Harvest-mite, [37].
Havana, yellow fever in, [131].
Hawaii, mosquitoes in, [98].
Hemiptera, [54].
Homalomyia canicularis, [49].
Hoplopsyllus anomalus, [156].
Horse bot-flies, [50].
House-flies, [57];
structure, [59];
how they carry bacteria, [62];
life-history and habits, [63];
fighting, [71];
and typhoid, [65].
Horse-flies, [43].
Howard, Dr. L.O., [59], [73].
Hyperparasitism, [3].
Immunity, [5].
Indian Plague Commission, [144].
Infectious diseases, [8].
Infusoria, [22].
Insects,
cause or carry disease, [40];
numbers, [40];
annual loss caused by, [41];
how they carry disease germs, [55].
Irrigating ditches, [104].
Itch-mite, [36].
Jackson, Dr. D.D., [67].
Jennings, [22].
Jiggers, [38], [53].
Jigger-flea, [53].
Kala-azar, [173].
Kerosene, [104].
Koch, [44].
Læmopsylla cheopus, [153].
Lamprey-eel, [2].
Lancisi, J.M., [107].
Larvæ,
of flies, [64];
of mosquitoes, [78].
Laveran, A., [108].
Laverania, [109].
Lazear, Dr. Jessie W., [123].
Leeuwenhoek, Anton von, [22].
Lepra bacillus, [36].
Leprosy, [36], [70], [171].
Lice, [54].
Linnæus, [76].
Little house-fly, [49].
Lock-jaw, [18].
Low, Dr. A., [118].
Lucilia spp., [48].
Lugger, Prof. Otto, [38].
Malaria,
early theories in regard to, [106];
parasite that causes, [108];
life history of parasite, [109];
parasite in mosquito, [113];
summary, [117];
experiments, [118].
Maggots, [63].
Malta or Mediterranean fever, [171].
Mange, [37].
Manure-fly, [59].
Manson, Sir Patrick, [112], [123].
Mastigophora, [20].
Melanin, [110].
Micrococcus melitensis, [171].
Microbes, [10].
Mites, [26], [35].
Mosquito, [76];
abdomen, [86];
adults, [81];
Anopheles, [91];
how they bite, [84];
effect of bite, [87];
blood, [90];
how they breathe, [89];
classification, [91];
and dengue, [169];
eggs, [77];
and elephantiasis, [164];
enemies, [77];
fighting, adults, [101];
larvæ, [103];
larvæ, [78];
and malaria, [106];
malarial parasite in, [113];
mouth-parts, [83];
other species, [96];
pupæ, [80];
salivary glands, [87];
thorax, [85];
and yellow fever, [94], [120].
Mouth-parts,
of fly, [60];
of mosquito, [83].
Mus,
norvegicus, [154];
rattus, [154].
Nanga, [45].
Nematodes, [164].
New Orleans, yellow fever in, [120], [132].
Noctiluca, [21].
No-see-ums, [46].
Ochromyia anthropophaga, [49].
Oil of citronella, [102].
Oil of pennyroyal, [102].
Oriental sore, [174].
Ornithodorus moubata, [34].
Oscinidæ, [52].
Otospermophilus beecheyi, [155].
Oxwarbles, [50].
Panama Canal zone, [135].
Paramœcium, [22].
Parasite,
defined, [1];
classes of, [4];
in new regions, [5];
diseases caused by, [7];
effect on host, [9];
relation to host, [14].
Parasitism, [3].
Pasteur, L., [44].
Pearls, [13].
Piroplasma bigeminum, [29].
Plague,
early history of, [142];
fleas that transmit, [153];
and flies, [70];
and ground squirrels, [155];
how combatted in San Francisco, [143];
results of other investigations, [150];
Verjbitski's experiments, [147];
work of Indian Plague Commission, [146].
Plasmodium, [109].
Protozoa, [19];
classes of, [20].
Proboscis,
of fly, [60];
of mosquito, [80].
Privies, [72].
Privy-fly, [59].
Pseudopodia, [20].
Psoroptes communis, [37].
Pulex irritans, [154].
Punkies, [46].
Pupæ,
of house-flies, [64];
of mosquitoes, [80].
Pyrethrum, [102].
Rats,
and plague, [143], [145];
species of, [154].
Red-bugs, [38].
Reed, Dr. Walter, [123].
Relapsing fever, [21], [33].
Rhizopoda, [20].
Ricketts, Dr. H.F., [32].
Rio de Janeiro, yellow fever in, [137].
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, [32].
Ross, Ronald, [112].
Rucker, Dr. W.C., [143].
Sacculina, [2].
Salivary glands, [84], [87].
Salt marshes, [97], [105].
Sambon, Dr. L.W., [118].
Sand-fleas, [53].
Saprophytic bacteria, [17].
Sarcophaga spp., [48].
Sarcoptes scabiei, [37].
Scab, [37].
Screw-worm, [47].
Seed-ticks, [27], [30].
Sheep bot-flies, [51].
Simmond, Dr. P.L., [145].
Siphonaptera, [52].
Skinner, Dr. H., [159].
Sleeping sickness, [21], [161].
Slipper animalcule, [22].
Small-pox, [70].
Smith, Dr. Theobald, [29].
Smudges, [102].
Sore-eye, [52].
Spiders, [26].
Spiracles, [89].
Spirochæta, [21], [130].
Spore formation, [24].
Spores, [24].
Sporozoa, [22].
Spotted fever, [32].
Stable-fly, [44], [75].
Stegomyia,
calopus, [94], [98], [139];
scutellaris, [96].
Sticklebacks, [101].
Stomoxys calcitrans, [44].
Sulphur, [102].
Surra, [45].
Tabanus, [45].
Tahiti, mosquitoes in, [96].
Tapeworms, [2].
Tetanus, [18].
Texas fever, [28].
Theobald, Dr. F.V., [76].
Ticks, [26].
Tide-water minnows, [101].
Tobacco smoke, [102].
Top-minnows, [98], [101].
Torcel, [51].
Tracheæ, [89].
Tracheal gills, [79].
Trichina, [2].
Trypanosome, [45], [161].
Trypanosoma,
evansi, [45];
brucei, [45];
lewisi, [162];
gambiensi, [162].
Tsetse-fly, [45], [163].
Tubercular bacilli, [69];
germs, [69].
Typhoid-fly, [57], [59].
Vaughan, Dr. W.C., [67].
Ver macque, [51].
Verjbitski, D.T., [147].
Vorticella, [22].
Water-boatmen, [100].
Water-troughs, [104].
Whip-bearers, [20].
Whirligig beetles, [100].
White, Surgeon J.H., [134].
Wrigglers, [78].
Yellow fever, [120];
Commission, [123];
early observations on, [121];
experiments, [125];
danger of in Pacific Islands, [140];
in Havana, results of work on, [131];
history of in United States, [120];
mosquito, [94];
habits of, [95];
in Panama Canal zone, [135];
in Rio de Janeiro, [137];
summary of results of work on, [129].