EOSINOPHILIA IN BILHARZIA DISEASE AND DRACONTIASIS 



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Table of Re.^ults. — For convenience of reference I place the accepted normal 

 percentages in the table (Table I.) 



1 



Table I. — Cases of Bilharzia Disease. 



No. 



Cases 



Remarks 



Percentage of various Leucocytes 



Eosino- 

 philes 



Poly- 

 morpho- , 



nuclears ^ 



Lympho- 



Normal . . . . . . 2 to 4 



Egyptian soldier, Omdurman 18'0 



70-75 

 49-0 



15-25 

 12-6 



Large 

 mono- 

 nuclears 



6-8 

 20-4 



Egyptian soldier, Omdui-man 

 Egyptian soldier, Omdui-man 



Baso- 

 philes 



0-5 



14-0 28-6 46-4 11-0 0-6 



18-4 35-8 33-6 12-2 0-2 



Bilharzia of 

 the rectum 



2 BiUiarzia of 

 the rectum 



3 Bilharzia of 



the bladder 

 It win be seen that there was a very decided increase of coarse-gi'ained 

 eosinophiles, and though the number of cases is very small, too small to furnish any 

 definite conclusions, it is interesting to observe that the average percentage works 

 out at 16-8, while in Captain Douglas's and Major Hardy's 50 cases it was 16-486. 

 As is mentioned by them there is also a proportional diminution in the percentage 

 of the polymorphonuclears, and cui'iously enough in the one case (No. 1) in which 

 there is a marked increase of the large mononuclears there is a diminution of the 

 lymphocytes, a point to which they also draw attention. In the remaining two cases 

 there is an increase in the lymphocytes. 



Bilharzia cases 



No. 



Oases 



1 Greek, Om- 



durman 

 la Same man, 

 Khartoum 



2 Egyptian 



soldier, Om- 

 durman 



3 Sudanese, 



Khartoum 



4 Sudanese, 



Khartoum 



Table II. — Guinea-worm Cases. 



Remarks Percentage of yarious Leucocytes 



Eosino- 

 philes 



In foot, much induration . . 



Worm had been Avholly re- 

 moved two weeks before 

 this examination 



Worm had been wholly re- 

 moved two days before 

 examination. Indm'ation 

 was stiU present in the foot 



In foot ; malaria, but no 

 rise of temperature 



In foot ; malaria, but no 

 rise of temperature 



Poly- 



Lympho- 



Large 



13-4 52-8 24-4 



34-4 36-0 



36-6 31-2 



13-0 

 16-4 



Baso- 



morpho- •'j.^gg' mono- . ^^^ 

 nuclears •' nuclears ^ 



16-0 51-0 22-0 11-0 — 



15-2 42-0 27-8 15-0 — 



9-4 — 



16-6 — 

 15-4 0-6 



Guinea-worm 



eases 



