406
Kummerfeld’s wash for clothes lice, 616
Kunstler, genus Giardia, 736
Kurlow, blood-stained diarrhœa from Strongyloides stercoralis infection, 675
Kütner, favourable effect of expulsion of Ascaridæ, 649
— treatment of bilharziasis, 643

L.
Labadie-Lagrave and Deguy, invasion of lymphatic vessels by Onchocerca volvulus, 418
Labbé, copulation in Coccidia, 137
Lacompte, nematodes in human eye, 412
Lælaps echidninus, Leishman granules in, 493
— stabularis, 493
Lafleur, see Councilman and Lafleur
Lagocheilascaris, characters, 466
— minor, host of, 467
— — lesions set up by, 467
— — morphology, 467
Lakes, mosquitoes depositing ova in, 553
Lama, possible carrier of leprosy, 613
Lambkin’s mercury cream in treatment of syphilis prevailing in Uganda, 632
Lambl, discovery of human intestinal amœbæ, 29
Lamblia intestinalis, 57, 625, 736
— — association with diarrhœa, 59, 60, 625
— — — — treatment, 625
— — characters, 57
— — flagella of, 57, 58
— — hosts of, 59
— — infection with, 60
— — nuclear apparatus, 58
— — site in intestine of flagellate and cystic stages, 59
— — synonyms, 57, 736
Lankester, liver-fluke in abscess of ear, 244
— Sarcocystis, 193
Lankesterella, 154
Larva migrans, 599
Larvæ, dipterous, in conjunctiva, 716
— — in nasal accessory sinuses, 717
— — in nose in enormous numbers, 716, 717
— in wounds, movement of, 723
— see also under Names of Parasites
Larvicides, use in campaign against mosquitoes, 636
Larynx, ascarides invading, 691
— leeches in, 699, 700
La Spada, echinococcus of liver rupturing into abdominal cavity, 652
Lasioconops, characters, 564
Lassar’s paste, application in creeping disease, 732
Laurer’s canal of trematodes, 221, 222
Laveran, A., classification of trypanosomes, 71
— — cross-immunity experiments with Trypanosoma rhodesiense and T. brucei, 80, 94
— — — — with trypanosomes, 80
— — discovery of true malarial parasites by, 157
— — latent forms of trypanosomes, 74
— — on Leucocytozoa, 153, 742
— — Trypanosoma pecaudi, 95
— — and Franchini, inoculation experiments with Crithidia fasciculata, 104
— — — — — with Herpetomonas ctenocephali, 103
— — — — — with H. pattoni, 103
— — and Mesnil, isolation of sarcocystin, 191
— — — on the spore of Sarcocystis tenella, 193
— — — “Trypanosomes et Trypanosomiases,” 617
— — and Thiroux, treatment of sleeping sickness, 623
Laverania, characters, 164, 569
— malariæ (Plasmodium falciparum), crescents of, 162, 167, 168
— — — — — sites of development, 169
— — — — cultivation of, clumping in, 172
— — — — cultures of, number of spores produced, 172
— — — — development, duration of, 167
— — — — distinctive characters of, 169
— — — — invasion of spleen by, 168
— — — — merozoites, number of, 168
— — — — number in one red blood corpuscle, 167
— — — — oöcysts of, in stomach of Anopheles, 163
— — — — oökinete of, in stomach of Anopheles maculipennis, 162
— — — — parasite of malignant tertian or sub-tertian fever, 167
— — — — — — — — and quotidian malaria, 167, 633
— — — — pathological effects, 634
— — — — question of varieties or subspecies, 167
— — — — “signet-ring” stage, 167
— — — — sporozoites, 169
— — — — stages of development in intestine of Anopheles maculipennis, 162
— — — — synonyms, 167
— — — — trophozoites of, 167, 168
Lee, R. J., creeping disease, 729
Leeches in upper air passages, 699, 700
— — — — cases reported by various authors, 699, 700, 701
— — — — mention among ancient writers, 699, 700
— invading body, means of riddance, 701
— see also Hirudinea, Rhyncobdellidæ
Leeuwenhoek, opposition to theory of spontaneous generation, 10
Léger, L., classification of Coccidiidea, 141, 142
— genus Crithidia, 104
— researches on Coccidia, 137
Léger, M., proportion of population in Tonkin infected with Clonorchis endemicus, 260
Léger, M. and A., proposed classification of Leucocytozoa, 153
Leichtenstern, bothriocephalus anæmia, 646
— toxic symptoms following thymol administration, 686
Leidy, genus Endamœba, 31, 34, 734
Leignathus sylviarum, 493
Leiper, R. T., Gastrodiscoides, 236
— — host of Filaria loa, 601
— — identity of Œsophagostomum brumpti with Œs. apiostomum, 444
— — report of Bilharzia Mission under, 277
Leipzig, frequency of infection of various organs of animals with echinococcus slaughtered at, 347
Leisering, percentage of rats infected with Trichinella, 427
Leishman, Sir W. B., experimental researches on infection with Spirochæta duttoni, 117, 118
— — — on parasite of Indian kala-azar, 105
— — — treatment of Indian kala-azar, 626
Leishman-Donovan body, see Leishmania donovani
Leishman granules in Lælaps echidninus, 493
Leishmania, 67, 104
— donovani, 105
— — cause of Indian kala-azar, 105, 626
— — cultivation methods, 106
— — inoculation experiments with, 107
— — localization of infection, 105
— — morphology, 105, 106
— — possible mode of transmission, 107
— evolution from flagellates of invertebrates, 739
— infantum, cause of infantile kala-azar, 105, 109, 627
— — cultivation methods, 109
— — immunity to, 112
— — in dogs, 110
— — inoculation, 110
— — — animals suitable for, 110
— — probable transmitter, 111
— probable origin of, 103, 739
— tropica, 105, 107
— — cause of Oriental sore, 105, 107, 627
— — cultivation methods, 108
— — hosts of, 108
— — inoculation, experimental, 108
— — possible transmitters, 108
— — synonyms, 107
Leishmaniasis, cutaneous, 107
— dermo-mucosal, supposed mode of transmission in Paraguay, 739
— evolution of, relation of experimental introduction of insect flagellates into vertebrates on, 737, 738, 739
— experimental production in white mice, 103
— geographical distribution, 105, 107, 109
— infantile, see Kala-azar, infantile
— naso-oral, see Espundia
— possible reservoirs, 738, 739
— treatment, 626–629
Leishman’s stain, 750
Lemaire, herpetomonad flagellate in cultures of blood and organs of gecko, 739
Lenhartz, bothriocephalus anæmia, 646
Lentospora cerebralis, 184
Lepidoptera, characters, 531, 532
Leprosy, possible carrier of, 579, 613
Leptidæ, 603
— blood-sucking species, 603
— characters, 603
Leptis scolopacea, 603
— strigosa, 603
Leptodera, life-history of, 19
— appendiculata, occasional parasite, 7
— pellio, facultative parasitism of, 8
Leptomonas, 102
— bütschlii, 102
Leptotheca, 184
Leptus autumnalis (grass, harvest or gooseberry mite), animals attacked by, 486
— — skin irritation set up by, 702
— — habitat of, 485
— — hosts of, 485, 486
— — nut and fruit pickers affected by, 485
— — skin affection set up by, 485, 486
— — so-called proboscis of, 485, 486
— geographical distribution of species, 486
— undescribed species of, 486
Lesbini, dipterous larvæ in nose in enormous numbers, 717
Letulle, pathological changes in rectum due to Schistosoma hæmatobium, 274
Leuckart, R., advances in helminthology due to, 15, 16
— — attempt at self-infection with Ascaris lumbricoides, 464, 465
— — change of host in parasites, 20, 21
— — classes of parasites, 1
— — development of Acanthocephala and Linguatulida, 17
— — — of alveolar echinococcus, 357, 358
— — — of nematodes, 17
— — — of Trichinella spiralis, 423
— — distinction between Cercomonas and Trichomonas, 54
— — experimental self-infection with Oxyuris vermicularis, 469
— — facultative parasitism, 7
— — feeding experiments with Tænia saginata, 340
— — — — with Trichinellæ, 423
— — growth of echinococcus, 354
— — heterogony in Strongyloides stercoralis, 381
— — method of infection with Trichuris ovis, 420
— — migration of oncospheres, 302
— — name of Coccidia first given by, 135
— — Trichocephalus in association with cholera, 658
— — and Thomas, P., life-history of liver-fluke, 241
Leucocytogregarina, 154
— canis, life-cycle diagram, 155
— — transmission from dog to dog by tick, 155
Leucocytogregarines, 154
Leucocytosis in bilharziasis, 642
Leucocytozoa, action of, on red blood cells, 153, 742
— classification proposed, 153
— hosts of, 153
— morphology of, 153
— schizogony of, 153, 742
Leucocytozoon type of Hæmosporidia, 152
— lovati, schizogony in, 153
— ziemanni, schizogony in, 153
Leucomaines, effects on living organisms, 9
Levaditi, cultivation of spinal ganglia of rabid monkeys, 210
Lewandowsky, infection with Demodex folliculorum, 708
Lewin, expulsion of Ascarides, 693
Lewis, finding of intestinal amœbæ, 29
— studies of filariasis, 391
Leydenia, 49
— gemmipara, 49
— — in ascites, 49
— — association with possible ascites and malignant growth in abdomen, 49, 50
— — characters of, 49
— — cytoplasm containing blood corpuscles, 50
— — pseudopodia of, joining several individuals, 49
Leydig, psorosperms, 181
Lice, Herpetomonads in gut of, 103
— transmission of relapsing fever by, 120
— wingless, owing to parasitic life, 3
— see also Pediculidæ
Lieberkühn, investigations of Coccidia, 135
— — of gregarines, 130
— psorosperms, 181
Liesen, Ascaris in peritoneal cavity, 656
Ligula, excretory apparatus, collecting tubes, island formation, 292
— plerocercoid of, 300
Limatus, characters, 565
Limnæus, species other than L. truncatulus intermediate hosts of Fasciola hepatica, 242
— truncatulus, amount of ova deposited by, 242
— — geographical distribution, 241
— — intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica (?), 240, 241
— — — hosts of liver-fluke, 240, 241
Limnatis, characters, 482
— nilotica, characters, 482
— — geographical distribution, 482
— — habitat, 482
— — only leech of clinical importance as parasite, 699, 701
— — synonyms, 482
Lindblad, Dipylidium caninum, 660
Lindner, G., peritrichal Infusoria (stalkless Vorticella), 206
Lindsay, possible mode of transmission of dermo-mucosal leishmaniasis to man in Paraguay, 739
Linguatula, 523, 524
— rhinaria, characters and morphology, 524
— — development and life-history of, 524, 525, 526
— — larvæ of, 524, 525
— — occurrence at autopsies, 526
— — organs of body invaded by, 524, 525, 526
— — ova of, 524, 525
— — parasitic in nasal cavity of animals and man, 523, 524
— — synonyms, 524
— serrata, hosts of, 527
— — synonyms (footnote), 527
Linguatulida, development of, 17
Linguatulidæ, blood-sucking, 523
— change of original features in, 4
— characters and morphology, 523
— hosts of, 523
— larvæ of, 523
— nature of, 2
— relation to Arachnoidea, 19
— separation from Helminthes, 2
Lini, escape of Ascarides from umbilicus, 656
Linnæus, discoveries as to origin of Helminthes, 10, 11
— so-called dysentery infection due to mites, 512
Lipari, cysticerci of brain, 664
Lipuria in bilharziasis, 641
Lithocystis, endoplasm of, contents, 131
Liver, abscess of, association of Entamœba histolytica with, 35
— — — of Noc’s entamœba with, 41
— — caused by invasion of Ascaridæ, 690
— — due to amœbic dysentery, treatment, 620
— — set up by amœbæ, 35
— and bile-ducts, habitat of Clonorchis endemicus, 259, 260
— and kidney cells, yellow pigment in, in ancylostomiasis, 647
— and portal vein, Schistosoma hæmatobium most easily found post mortem in, 273
— coccidiosis of, in man, cases, 148
— encystment of Porocephalus constrictus in, 526, 527
— female Ascarides depositing ova in, 689
— human, eggs of Schistosoma japonicum, showing “spines” and “hoods” at opposite pole, 279
— invasion by larvæ of Linguatula rhinaria, 525, 526
— migration of oncospheres from intestine to, 302
— pathological changes associated with invasion by Opisthorchis felineus, 253
— — — in, due to ova of Schistosoma japonicum, 281
— — — set up by Clonorchis endemicus, 260
Liver-fluke, supposed origin of, 10
— see also Fasciola hepatica
— disease, diagnosis, 242
— — in man, 242
— — in sheep, 238
— — — ravages caused by, 238, 239
— — — stages of, 240, 241
— — pathological anatomy, 241
— — symptoms, 239
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, expedition to investigate trypanosome infections, 68
Lizards, hæmogregarines from, 154
Loa, morphology, 409, 411
— loa, duration of life of, 414
— — early historical accounts of, 412
— — geographical distribution, 414
— — larvæ of, in blood, 412, 414
— — — periodicity, 413
— — — structure, 412
— — lesions produced through invasion by, 413, 414
— — life-history, 414
— — morphology, 409, 411
— — ova of, 410
— — sites of body invaded by, 412, 678
— — synonyms, 409
Lobaczewski, prophylaxis against body, head and clothes lice, 615
Löbker, cause of ancylostome anæmia, 648
Locusts injurious to man, 542
Looss, infection by Ancylostoma duodenale through skin, 683
— origin of lateral-spined eggs of Schistosoma hæmatobium, 273
— prevalence of Heterophyes heterophyes, 264
— skin affections set up by invasion of larvæ of Ancylostoma duodenale, 455
— symptoms of lymphangitis from Filaria bancrofti infection, 676
— toxic action of ancylostomes, 647
— Trichostrongylus instabilis in man, 435
Lophius piscatorius, 186
Lophoscelomyia, characters, 562, 568
Lösch, discovery of intestinal amœbæ in case of dysentery, 29, 30, 32
Löschia, 34
Lota vulgaris, see Burbot
Lounsbury, life-cycle of Amblyomma hebræum, 495
Louse disease, historical instances of death from, 711
Low, personal experiments with regard to malaria infection, 158
— treatment of Oriental sore, 628
Lucilia argyrocephala cause of myiasis in French West Africa, 614
— cæsar, 588
— macellaria, larvæ of, causing eye diseases, 721
— — — in nose, 715, 716
— — — — see also Myiasis, nasal
— — — on cutaneous surface, 721, 722
— — — penetrating auditory meatus, 721
— nobilis, larvæ (maggots) of, discharge from auditory meatus, 588
— sericata, 588
Lumbricosis, typhoid, 650
Lumbricus, Monocystis agilis from seminal vessels of, 130, 132
— teres, see Ascaris lumbricoides, 464
Lund’s larva, characters, 593
Lung, abscess of, set up by amœbæ, 35
— amœbæ found in, 45
— Balantidium coli occurring in, 202
— bilharziasis of, 642, 643
— gangrene of, possible occurrence of Cercomonads in, 62
— invasion by Fasciola gigantica, 245
— — by Paragonimus ringeri, 251
— — by Schistosoma hæmatobium, 274
— Trichomonads found in, 56
Lung-fluke disease, geographical distribution, 639
— — prognosis, 640
— — symptoms, 639
— — treatment, 640
Lussana, toxic theory of ancylostome anæmia, 646
Lütz, ascarides in pulmonary artery, 656
— Ceratopogoninæ described by, 580
— experimental infection with Ascaris lumbricoides, 465
— favourable effects of expulsion of Ascaridæ, 649
— perforative peritonitis due to Ascaris, 656
Lyctocoris campestris, bite of, 541
— — characters, 541
Lygæidæ, characters, 541
Lymphangitis from Filaria bancrofti infection, symptoms, 676
— in filariasis, 401
Lymphatic glands, enlarged, in filariasis, 402
— vessels and glands, destruction without lymphatic obstruction, 401
— — — distribution and connections of, 400, 401
— vessels, invasion by