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warns his readers against the error of mistaking some of these cells 

 for amoebae. Quite recently Willmore and Sherman have again 

 recognized the value of the microscopic appearance of the cellular 







TEXT FIG. 2. Another appearance met with in the mucus of a bacillary dysentery 

 stool. The cells here are evidently the superficial gut cells in various stages of 

 degeneration. They are not nearly so commonly seen as the cells shown in text fig. 1. 

 Cells of this type are often seen in mucus derived from the gut in conditions other 

 than bacillary dysentery. This drawing was actually made from a single micro- 

 scopic field. 



(See page 61.) 



exudate as an aid to the diagnosis of bacillary dysentery. With 

 this view we entirely agree. So convinced are we of this character- 

 istic appearance that the cases we have examined are returned as 



