DOUBTFUL AMOEBOID ORGANISMS I4I 



these "amoebae " can hardly be discussed before it has been shown that 

 they really are amoebae. 



Many other amoeboid organisms have been described from man. In 

 fact there is hardly an organ in the body from which somebody, at some 

 time, has not obtained "amoebae." In this respect the amoebae have 

 been maltreated in much the same manner as the coccidia, and it would 

 not be difficult to compile a long list of "pseudo-amoebae" from 

 medical literature. But further discussion of these appears to be 

 unnecessary ; and it seems best to leave them in that oblivion into 

 which they have, for the most part, justly fallen. 



