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cold meat for
I heard that Mr. Sharp and Mr. Mell were both supposed to be wretchedly paid; and that when there was hot and cold meat for dinner at Mr. Creakle’s table, Mr. Sharp was always expected to say he preferred cold; which was again corroborated by J. Steerforth, the only parlour-boarder.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Canīnius māne Fam
Tongilium mihī̆ ēdūxit , C. 2, 4, he took out Tongilius, bless my soul . at tibī̆ repente, cum minimē exspectārem, vēnit ad mē Canīnius māne , Fam.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

curse me for
“Jane, Jane,” said he, stopping before me, “you are quite pale with your vigils: don’t you curse me for disturbing your rest?”
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

car Mr Fogg
After a comfortable breakfast, served in the car, Mr. Fogg and his partners had just resumed whist, when a violent whistling was heard, and the train stopped.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

cum multis figuris
Item de itineribus MARCI praedicti liber in corio albo cum multis figuris.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

camp made for
I took their place by the fire, intending to wait there till our wagons had got up, and a camp made for the night.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

cried my father
Well, my good doctor, cried my father sportively, for the transitions of his passions were unaccountably sudden,—and what has this whelp of mine to say to the matter?
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

companies make for
Scattered captains and thinned companies make for safety, and turn their horses backward to the town.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

corrected much faster
It is a convincing proof of the difference in speed between the two methods that a column of type can [Pg 312] be corrected much faster by the machine, handicapped as it is by its solid “slugs,” than by hand.
— from The Romance of Modern Invention Containing Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wireless Telegraphy, Liquid Air, Modern Artillery, Submarines, Dirigible Torpedoes, Solar Motors, Airships, &c. &c. by Archibald Williams

conceals men from
[23] The consciousness of the introduction of the will into the theoretical spirit as production of error has been affirmed by Schleiermacher as well as by Rosmini: [24] "It is the will (he writes) that conceals men from themselves: the judgment cannot err if it turn its gaze really upon itself."
— from The Philosophy of the Practical: Economic and Ethic by Benedetto Croce

cried Mrs Fields
"For the land's sake, Miss Charlotte!" cried Mrs. Fields, suddenly, in the middle of the morning.
— from The Second Violin by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

cares most for
My theology is reduced to this 2107 The, cares most for riches 2108 To enjoy, be deaf, dumb and blind to follies of 2109 Worship Public, necessary to religion 2110 Wrath Soft answer turneth away 2111 Wretched Call not that man,
— from Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order by John Purver Richardson

Christ makes firmly
A richer Webb than any art can weave, The Soule that Faith to Christ makes firmly cleave.
— from Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs by Horatio Edward Norfolk

carried mun for
"My boy soon began to tire, for the way was terrible soggy, and Jan carried mun for a bit: but he hadn't had but little to ate and had marched a long ways already.
— from The Drummer's Coat by Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

composed many fine
I have read also, though I confess my acquaintance with the classics is but limited, of a certain Latin poetess Sulpicia, who celebrated her husband Calenas: and the poet Ausonius composed many fine verses in praise of a beautiful and virtuous wife, whose name I forget.
— from The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

concert measures for
Let me hear of you as you pass through the town, that we may concert measures for my catching you idle, and without company, at Kirkcaldy.
— from Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 1 (of 2) by John Hill Burton

clever method for
The Negritos of the Philippines, furthermore, employ a very clever method for securing wild honey from trees without exposing themselves to injury from the bees.
— from Elements of Folk Psychology Outline of a Psychological History of the Development of Mankind by Wilhelm Max Wundt

cultivation method for
12 Bagdad sore, parasite of, supposed intermediate host, 575 Bahr, filariasis in Fiji, 401 , 403 Baker, larvæ of Aphiochæta ferruginea , 583 Balantidiasis, see Dysentery , balantidian or ciliate Balantidium, 200 — coli , 200 , 201 — — dysentery associated with, 202 , 203 , 637 — — geographical distribution, 201 — — habitat in body, 201 — — hosts of, 7 , 202 — — in man, cases recorded, 201 — — morphology, 200 — — transmission, 202 — giganteum , see Nyctotherus giganteus — minutum , 204 — — habitat in body, 204 — — in diarrhœa, 204 — — morphology, 204 — morphology, 200 — reproduction of, 200 Balbiani, infection by Dioctophyme gigas , 432 — researches on silkworm disease, 184 Baleri, causal agent of, 95 Balfour, A., coccoid bodies of Treponema pallidum , 124 , 125 — — granules in digestive tract of Argas persicus , 507 Balfour, A., and Sambon, researches on Spirochæta granulosa , 116 Balsam of Peru, application in scabies, 707 — — — in crab louse infection, 712 — — — in head louse infection, 710 — — — in nasal myiasis, 719 — permanent mounting agent for flukes, 471 Balzer and Schimpff, unusual situation of Sarcophaga larvæ, 723 Barbagallo, case of dermatitis set up by Oxyuris vermicularis , 696 — method of evacuation of Oxyuridæ , 697 Barbeiro, parasite causing, 537 Barbel disease, cause of, 184 Barkan, nematode in human eye, 412 Barlow, Craigia hominis , 734 Barth, pseudomeningitis following infection by Trichocephalus dispar , 650 Basile, experiments showing that infantile leishmaniasis is transmitted by fleas, 111 — transmission of canine kala-azar by dog fleas, 103 Bass, C. C., cultivation of malarial parasites, 170 Bass and Hall, detection of ancylostome eggs, 473 Bass and Johns on Entamœba buccalis , 43 — — treatment of oral endamœbiasis, 620 Bass’s method, cultivation of Babesia ( Piroplasma ) canis by, in vitro , 172 , 177 — — — of malarial parasites, 170 , 171 , 172 Bastianelli, mosquitoes in relation to human malaria, 158 Bat parasites ( Streblidæ ), 611 Baths, luke-warm, in trichinosis, 681 Beattie on Rhinosporidium from Madras, 197 Becker, trichocephalus anæmia, 651 Béclère, method of extraction of Dracunculus medinensis , 390 Bed bug, development of Leishmania tropica in, 108 — — probable agent of transmission of kala-azar, 107 — — Texas or Mexican, see Conorhinus sanguisuga — — see also Cimex ( Acanthia ) lectularia Bee parasites ( Braulidæ ), 611 Bees, microsporidiosis, due to Nosema apis , in, 185 Beetle, intermediate host of Echinorhynchus moniliformis , 478 Bégonin, Oxyuris in appendix, 654 Behrenroth, prevention and treatment of balantidian dysentery, 637 Belascaris, morphology, 466 — cati , morphology, 466 — — ovarian tube, transverse section through, 369 — — transverse section through head part of, 466 — marginata , morphology, 466 Beneden, van, on commensals, 6 Bentley, beta-naphthol in expulsion of ancylostomes, 687 Benzine and petroleum in crab louse infection, 712 — and water enemata in Trichuris trichiura infections, 680 — enemata in arrest of trichinosis, 681 — high injections of, in evacuation of Oxyuridæ to be avoided, 698 — inhalations in nasal myiasis, 719 Bergmann, operation results of cysticercus of brain, 665 — Scolopendra in frontal sinus, 721 Berlin, number of oxen, sheep, and pigs slaughtered in, infected, 346 — — of pigs found trichinous in, 430 — oxen infected with Cysticercus bovis in, 341 Berti, cause of ancylostome anæmia, 648 Bertramia, 194 , 195 Bertrand, scolopendra in maxillary sinus, 721 Beta-naphthol in expulsion of ancylostomes, 687 — ointment in copra itch, 513 Bête rouge , undescribed species of Leptus, 486 Betten, Caligus curtus invading cornea (footnote), 483 Big game reservoirs of nagana, 94 — — — of Trypanosoma rhodesiense , 69 — — trypanosomes innocuous to, 70 Bignami, mosquitoes in relation to human malaria, 158 Bile, preservation of ova of flukes in, 472 Bile-ducts, Ascarides in, 688 , 689 — — in results of, 689 , 690 — habitat of Clonorchis sinensis , 259 — human, thickened and dilated, Amphimerus noverca found in, 258 — inhabited by Metorchis truncatus , 262 Bile-ducts, invasion by Clonorchis sinensis , 641 — pathological changes in, set up by Clonorchis endemicus , 260 , 261 — and liver, habitat of Clonorchis endemicus , 259 , 260 Bilharz, discovery of Hymenolepis nana , 323 — Porocephalus constrictus , 526 Bilharzia Mission, report of, 277 Bilharziasis, diagnosis, 643 — prognosis, 643 — prophylaxis against, 644 — regions of body affected by, 642 , 643 — symptoms, 641 — — mainly urinary, 641 — treatment, 643 Biliary fever in equines, cause of, 177 Billings, percentage of rats infected with trichinella, 427 — proportion of trichinous pigs found by, 428 Binotia, characters, 565 Bird epithelioma contagiosum, 207 Birds, blood of, Halteridium parasites occur in, 151 — development of Plasmodium relictum in, 170 — endoglobular parasites, similar to malarial, in, discovery of, 157 — experimental infection with herpetomonads, 739 — herpetomonads in blood of, 739 — malaria in, spread by mosquito, 158 — mites living endoparasitically in, 491 — sarcosporidia in, 187 — species of, inhabited by Hymenolepis lanceolata , 329 Bironella, characters, 562 , 570 Bismuth subnitrate in dysentery, 619 Bitter Root Valley of Montana, mortality of Rocky Mountain tick fever at, 504 Blackhead in turkeys, causal agent, 145 Blacklock, experimental host of Trypanosoma cruzi , 87 — and Yorke, Trypanosoma equi , 98 — see also Yorke and Blacklock Bladder, amœbæ invading, 46 — means of access of Schistosoma hæmatobium to, 272 — pathological changes in, due to Schistosoma hæmatobium , 275 — worms, development of, 15 — — explanation of, 14 Blaizot, mode of transmission of relapsing fever, 120 Blanchard, Myriapoda parasitic in intestine and nose of man, 483 — on Lamblia, 57 , 60 — on Monas pyophila , 62 — on nomenclature of amœbæ, 31 Blaps mortisaga , larvæ of, in stools, 542 Blenorrhœa, inclusion, in infants, 207 Blepharitis due to head louse infection, 710 Blood, changes in, in ancylostomiasis, 683 — circulating, morphology of Trypanosoma gambiense in, 73 — citrated, cultivation method for Leishmania tropica , 108 — colourless, of insecta, 530 — corpuscle, red, number of malignant tertian parasites found in one, 167 — corpuscles, red, action of leucocytozoa on, 742 — — — attacked by quartan malarial parasite, not altered in size or colour, 166 , 167 — — — development of benign tertian parasite in, 160 , 164 , 165 — — — — — — — appearance of Schüffner’s dots, 165 , 166 , 168 — — — — malignant tertian parasite in, appearance of Maurer’s dots, 168 — — — hæmogregarines in, 153 , 154 — — — ingestion by amœbæ, 35 , 39 , 42 — — — life-cycle of Nuttalia equi in, 173 — — — separation from filaria larvæ, 395 — examination of, for protozoa, 745 — — in diagnosis of trichinosis, 681 — films, thick, method of making, 747 — — thin, method of making, 747 — flagellates, history of, 67 — — hosts of, 67 — inoculation, rinderpest transmissible by, 742 — larvæ of Loa loa in, 412 , 414 — multiplication of trypanosomes in, 71 — peripheral, periodicity of larvæ of Filaria bancrofti in, 393 , 394 — prevalence of filarial disease proportionate to amount of Mikrofilaria bancrofti in, 400 — protozoa parasitic in, culture media for, 744 — spirochætes, 114 — supply of abdominal and pelvic organs as illustrating distribution of Schistosoma hæmatobium in body, 272 — — trypanosomes in, cultures of, 69 — — cyclical variation, 78 — — daily number from case of Rhodesian sleeping sickness, 79 — — method of determining number, 748 — — periodicity of, 69 — — seasonal variation, 69 Blood-sucking habit of Argas persicus , 507 — — of Argas reflexus , 506 — — of Cimex lectularius (bed bug), 535 — — of Conorhinus renggeri (great black bug of Pampas), 539 — — — sanguisuga , 537 — — of Culicoides, 580 — — of fleas, 543 — — of Glossina palpalis , 607 — — of leeches, 701 — — of Leptidæ , 603 — — of Linguatulidæ , 523 — — of mosquitoes confined to females, 552 — — of Muscidæ , 603 — — of Phlebotomus, 581 — — of Pupipara , 611 Blood-vessels, migration of oncospheres from intestine to liver through, 302 Blood-vessels, Strongyloides stercoralis in, 755 Boas, injection of emulsion of male fern, 671 Bodo, 63 Bodonidæ , 61 — characters of, 63 — genera of, 63 Body lice, human, inhabited by Herpetomonas pediculi , 103 — — prophylaxis against, 615 , 616 — — see also Pediculus vestimenti Bohland, proteid destruction in ancylostomiasis, 647 Boils and ulcers due to invasion by larvæ of Cordylobia anthropophaga , 592 — produced by Oestridæ , 725 Bojanus, views as to origin of cercariæ, 12 Bollinger, cases of Dipylidium caninum infection, 659 Bolt, sand flies in North China, 613 Bond, larvæ of Muscidæ in nose, 720 Bone-marrow, development of crescents of tertian malignant parasite in, 169 — red, administration in Indian kala-azar, 626 Bont tick, see Amblyomma hebræum Boophilus annulatus , transmission of Babesia bigemina by, 177 — characters of, 497 — species of, transmission of Babesia bigemina by, 177 Boracic acid fomentations in Oriental sore, 628 Bordier, Davainea madagascarensis , 662 Börger, cases of Ascarides in bile-ducts, 688 Borrelia , 115 Bosanquet, molluscan spirochætes breaking up into granules, 119 Boschulte, effects of bite of Argas reflexus , 506 Bothriocephalus anæmia, 644 , 645 — — cases of, 645 — — dissolution of parasitic products in serum of patients with, 645 — — experimental, 646 Bouin-Duboscq fluid, 749 Bouin’s fluid, 749 Brachycera (flies), characters, 582 — — larvæ (maggots) of, parasitic in man, 582 Bradford, Sir J. Rose, see Plimmer, H. G. Brain, abscess of, set up by amœbæ, 35 — cysticerci in, 335 , 664 , 665 — — change of position, 665 — — operation for, 665 — — percentage of cases, 664 — — site, 664 , 665 — — symptoms, 665 — fourth ventricle, cysticerci in, symptoms, 665 — — — — treatment, 666 — paragonimiasis of, 639 — — diagnosis, 640 — — prognosis, 640 Brandesia turgida , host of, 6 Brandt, effect of invasion by Dipylidium caninum on nervous system, 649 Braulidæ (bee parasites), 611 Braun, developmental cycle of Dibothriocephalus latus , 16 Brazil,
— from The Animal Parasites of Man by Fred. V. (Frederick Vincent) Theobald


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