acarus

All the time I had been in Ceram I had suffered much from the irritating bites of an invisible acarus, which is worse than mosquitoes, ants, and every other pest, because it is impossible to guard against them.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

All the time I had been in Ceram I had suffered much from the irritating bites of an invisible acarus, which is worse than mosquitoes, ants, and every other pest, because it is impossible to guard against them.

The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

"Waterton says -- 'The atmosphere of spirit of turpentine will allow neither acarus nor any insect to live in it: Do you believe this?"

Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Montagu Browne

These gentlemen are said (p. 190) to have introduced a stranger in the animal kingdom, a species of _acarus_ or mite amidst a solution of silica submitted to the electric current.

An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges Anonymous

This treatment should be repeated daily until the acarus is destroyed and the animal has regained its normal condition.

The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.

This causes some smarting, but it is effectual; it kills the _acarus_, (itch animalcule) and in a few days the sores heal, the itching all subsides immediately.

An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time

To the invasion of the cutaneous structures by an animal parasite, the sarcoptes scabiei (_acarus scabiei_).

Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886

A small parasite (_demodex folliculorum_, _acarus folliculorum_) is sometimes found in the sebaceous mass, but its presence is without etiological significance, as it is also found in healthy follicles.

Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886

It is manifest also that a disease in the human subject caused by an acarus or by a fungus would be certainly contagious, since the propagative cause could be transferred from person to person.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

It is now known that there are some skin diseases which originate in an acarus, and others which proceed from a fungus.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884