138 TRYPANOSOMIASIS IS THK ANOLO-EOVPTIAN SUDAN 



tiiul iiltirril tivpanosoine, givi-n in tlic pliitc illustrating tin- iiiticlf liy M. Thiioiix* on 

 7'. Paihhr. Thest' forms will \n- nioii- fully duseribed wlu-u tlu- sirum treatment is 

 coii8i<lfrf(l. 



Liver. — Congest I'll 



Brain. — Slight thiekciiing of the nieniuges and longcstion. The cerebro spinal fluid 

 showed no peculiar forms. 



lioiie- Marrow taken from the femur showed no trypanosome forms whatever. 

 It inav he mentioned here that the method of preparing smears of marrow reeomniended 

 by I'riee Jonesf has been emploveil an<l has proved satisfaett)ry. 



Exp. 11. Jerboa 2. The blnod of this animal, on examination iMfoic inoculation, was 

 found to harbour ha'inogregarines. 



It was inoculated on Fel)ruary 22nd with a few drops of blood from Monkey 2. 

 Frliriiuni 26//i. lilooti examined. No trypanosomes fouiul. 

 Febnttiry 'liitli. Found dead and cold. 



Ulceration of the stomach present. No smears made as specimen kept for colour 

 preparation. 



Trypanosomes found in thr heart's blood. Involution forms present. 

 Exp. 12. Rabbit 2 '^. M>tn-li Alh. Inoculated snbcutaneously with about 1 n c.c. 

 blood from Dog 4. This rabbit had its blood frecjuently examined, with and without being 

 centrifuged, up till the eiul of March, but no trypanosomes were found nor were any 

 symptoms of trvpanosomiasis visible save a slight but jirogressive emaciation. About the 

 beginning of April it was noticed that the rabbit's eyes were becoming infected and in a few 

 days a similar condition to that described and tigured by Musgrave and CleggJ as occurring in 

 rabbits after inoculation with the horse trypanosome of the Philippines was apparent, namely, 

 a severe blepharitis with some conjunctivitis, a narrowing of the palpebral fissure, cedema 

 of the eyelids and falling out of the hairs surrounding the eyes. 



April \tlt. Blood from ear examined. After prolonged search one trypanosome (a long 

 form) found in the cover glass preparation. A considerable number of parasites were present 

 in a drop of fluid taken fmni the ledematous tissue of tlic lower eyelid after a slight incision 

 had been made. No trypanosomes were present in the tiiick, ginnniy discharge from 

 the eyelid. 



April 8fh. Blood film stained. A considerable number of trypanosomes found. Both 

 forms present. 



On tliis day it was noticed tliut the respiration haci become rapid and wheezing, 

 somewhat of an asthmatic ty[ie, po.ssibly due to a congi'stivc condition of the iia.sal 

 mucous membranes. 



April 1th. Baldness very niarkcd round the eyes. Respirations rapiil, wheezy and 

 laboureil. Animal looks very ill but takes food freely. 

 April Will. Habliit in much the same condition. 



April Will. Animal unfortunately killed during the night by a mongoose, which ciscapcd 

 from a cage in the fly-proof house. Found stiff, cold and decomposing. Autopsy performed 

 as soon as possible, but bacterial invasion of the tissues had occurred, and in smears nnide 



• Am. dc I'liwt. Piwtcur, Pnrin, 1905. Vol. XIX., p. 66. f Brit. Med. Jour., London, Ftb. i^Ah, 1906, p. 409. 

 J Trji>ancj!ioniaiimlTrj|mii(»,<iiiiiii«is with i-iMicial rvfcrcui-c to Surra iu the Fbilippiuc Ulandb. Ku 5. Fulilku- 

 tioiis of Hiirctiu of fli.v, T,.ili. Manila, lOOn. 



