“La Martinière,” Lucknow, 80 Lablab bean, 57 Lahore, tent manufacture at, 84 Lamb, unsatisfactoriness of, in hot countries, 54 Larvæ, wintering, breeding of, 101 Laurence Military Asylum, 80 Laveran, malaria research work of, 90 Lentils, 60 Lettuces, avoidance of, during cholera outbreaks, 135 Light-- Disinfecting powers of, 162 Exclusion of, in tropical houses, 9-10 Plague germs destroyed by, 156 Protection against mosquitoes, as, 100-101, 116-117 Lime, clearing of water supplies by, 43, 137, 138 Lime not to be used in combination with perchloride of mercury, 162 _Liquor ammoniæ acetatis_, administration of, in malaria, 128 Liver functions, disturbance of, in dysentery, 143, 146 _Lobán_, 114 London, business hours in, 65 Lucknow-- Historical residency ruins at, 14 “La Martinière,” 80 Water supply of, 37 _Lumbrici_, 180 Macaroni and cheese, children’s dietary, in, 79 Maclean, Prof., _cited_, 89-90 Madras, 64 Mahomedan countries, water carrying in, 38 Maize cobs, mosquitoes driven out of houses by burning, 114 Malaria-- Causation, early theories and research work as to, 89-91 Cold baths, relapse induced by, 67-68 Parasite of, life history of, 91-92, 105-106 Prevention of, 28, 106 _et seq._ Quinine, value of, in treating, 104, 125-129 Seasonal prevalence of, 104, 105 Site of houses in reference to, 1-3 Spread of, danger of single case in helping, 104-105, 125 Temperature, influence of, in development of, 92 Treatment of, 125-129 Malay, house materials in, 14 Malay Archipelago, 114 Manson, Sir Patrick (F.R.S.), research work as to malaria causation, 90 _Mashak_, 38-39 Massage in relief of cholera cramps, 141 Meat (_see also_ mutton, veal, &c.) Cooking, need for thoroughness in, 55-56 Extracts, nutritive value of, 61, _and note_, 62 Hanging of, 54 Indian “mutton clubs,” 53-54 Preservation of, by sulphur fumes, 55 Quality of, obtainable in hot countries, 53-4 Tinned, 61 Meat juice, feeding infants with, 154 Melons, 53, 59, 136 Mercury, perchloride of, administration of, in dysentery, 147, 148; in infantile diarrhœa, 151; lotion, application of, in prickly heat, 178 Mexican _sombrero_, 171 “Miasma,” 89 Midges, mosquitoes distinguished from, 93 Milk-- Asses’, for feeding infants, 50, 152-3 Boiled, digestibility of, 49-50 Children’s diet, in, 77 Cholera conveyed by, 132 Cows’, as food for infants in India, 50, 75, 153; sterilisation of, and need for, native ignorance and frauds as to, &c., 49, 51 Disease transmitted by, 49 Dysentery, in, 146, 149 Goats’, as food for infants, 50, 75-76, 152-153 Puddings of, disease germs cultivated in, 48 Quality of, testing, 51 Sterilisation of, 49 Minced food for children, 77-78 “Moon-blindness,” 13 Mosquitoes-- _Anopheles_, _see that title_ Biting animals, method of, 94