Handbook of Medical Entomology

Name: Handbook of Medical Entomology
Author: O. A. Johannsen William A. Riley

by O. A. Johannsen William A. Riley

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TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES
HANDBOOK OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
WM. A. RILEY, Ph.D.
O. A. JOHANNSEN, Ph.D.
PREFACE
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
EARLY SUGGESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE BY INSECTS
THE WAYS IN WHICH ARTHROPODS MAY AFFECT THE HEALTH OF MAN
CHAPTER II. ARTHROPODS WHICH ARE DIRECTLY POISONOUS
ARANEIDA OR SPIDERS
THE PEDIPALPIDA OR WHIP-SCORPIONS
THE SCORPIONIDA, OR TRUE SCORPIONS
THE SOLPUGIDA, OR SOLPUGIDS
THE ACARINA, OR MITES AND TICKS
THE MYRIAPODA, OR CENTIPEDES AND MILLIPEDES
The Diplopoda
The Chilopoda
THE HEXAPODA OR TRUE INSECTS
PIERCING OR BITING INSECTS POISONOUS TO MAN Hemiptera
DIPTERA
STINGING INSECTS
NETTLING INSECTS
LEPIDOPTERA
Vescicating Insects and those Possessing Other Poisons in their Blood Plasma
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER III PARASITIC ARTHROPODA AFFECTING MAN
Acarina or Mites
The Trombidiidæ, or Harvest Mites
Ixodoidea or Ticks
Argasidæ
Ixodidæ
Tarsonemidæ
Sarcoptidæ
Demodecidæ
Hexapoda or True Insects
Siphunculata
Hemiptera
Parasitic Diptera or Flies
Psychodidæ or Moth-Flies
Culicidæ or Mosquitoes
The Simuliidæ, or Black Flies
Chironomidæ or Midges
Tabanidæ or Horse-Flies
Leptidæ or Snipe-Flies
Oestridæ or Bot-flies
Muscidæ
The Siphonaptera or Fleas
CHAPTER IV ACCIDENTAL OR FACULTATIVE PARASITES
Acarina
Myriapoda
Lepidopterous Larvæ
Coleoptera
Dipterous Larvæ
CHAPTER V ARTHROPODS AS SIMPLE CARRIERS OF DISEASE
The House-fly As a Carrier of Disease
CHAPTER VI ARTHROPODS AS DIRECT INOCULATORS OF DISEASE GERMS
Some Illustrations of Direct Inoculation of Disease Germs by Arthropods
The Rôle of Fleas in the Transmission of the Plague
CHAPTER VII ARTHROPODS AS ESSENTIAL HOSTS OF PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS
Insects as Intermediate Hosts of Tapeworms
Arthropods as Intermediate Hosts of Nematode Worms
Other Nematode Parasites of Man and Animals Developing in Arthropods
CHAPTER VIII ARTHROPODS AS ESSENTIAL HOSTS OF PATHOGENIC PROTOZOA
Mosquitoes and Malaria
Mosquitoes and Yellow Fever
CHAPTER IX ARTHROPODS AS ESSENTIAL HOSTS OF PATHOGENIC PROTOZOA
Insects and Trypanosomiases
Ticks and Diseases of Man and Animals
CHAPTER X ARTHROPODS AS ESSENTIAL HOSTS OF PATHOGENIC PROTOZOA [Continued]
Arthropods and Spirochætoses of Man and Animals
Typhus Fever and Pediculidæ
CHAPTER XI SOME POSSIBLE, BUT IMPERFECTLY ESTABLISHED CASES OF ARTHROPOD TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE
Infantile Paralysis or Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis
Pellagra
Leprosy
Verruga peruviana
Cancer
CHAPTER XII HOMINOXIOUS ARTHROPODS
CRUSTACEA
MYRIAPODA
ARACHNIDA
HEXAPODA (Insects)
ORDERS OF THE ARACHNIDA
ACARINA[E]
HEXAPODA (Insecta)
SIPHUNCULATA (page 275)
HEMIPTERA (page 275)
LEPIDOPTERA
DIPTERA (page 285)
SIPHONAPTERA (page 316)
COLEOPTERA
HYMENOPTERA
SIPHUNCULATA AND HEMIPTERA
Reduviidæ of the United States
DIPTERA (Mosquitoes, Midges, Flies)
SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL GENERA OF THE MUSCIDÆ OF THE WORLD
SIPHONAPTERA. Fleas
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX
HYDROCYANIC ACID GAS AGAINST HOUSEHOLD INSECTS
The Proportions of Ingredients
A Single Room As an Example
Fumigating a Large House
Precautions
LESIONS PRODUCED BY THE BITE OF THE BLACK-FLY
Resume and Discussion of Experimental Findings
Summary
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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