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HUMAN INTESTINAL PROTOZOA IN THE NEAR EAST 



for one week. He returned to duty and was transferred to Suvla in August, where he again 

 had dysentery. He remained on the Peninsula till the evacuation, when he came to Egypt. 

 Here he again had an attack of dysentery from which he recovered. He says he was never 

 given emetin injections. On February 13, 1916, during the course of routine examination of 

 men in Mustapha Camp, he was found to be passing large numbers of E. histolytica cysts. 

 He was kept under observation till February 23, when a course of emetin injections (one grain 

 a day for 12 days) was commenced. The infection disappeared after five days and did not 

 recur during the one month's control after treatment. During the last three weeks of control 

 patient was in the convalescent camp, where he performed light duty. During treatment 

 he was not kept in bed and was on chicken diet. The treatment had no influence on the 

 temperature or pulse-rate. Tetramitus was present but the infection disappeared during 

 the treatment and did not recur. 



CASE OSGOOD, C., aged 32. Patient, who had previously been in the West Indies, left 

 England in August, 1915, and went to Mudros where he stayed six weeks. He was then 

 on the Peninsula and had dysentery there. No emetin was given. He was transferred to 

 Egypt and was on the western Egyptian frontier up to March 8, 1916. He returned to 

 Alexandria, and on April 4 was found to be a carrier of E. histolytica during the routine 

 examination of cooks in Sidi Bishr Camp. Patient, who had also an infection of E. nana, 

 was kept under observation till April 25, when he was given a course of emetin injections 

 of one grain 'a day for 12 days. The E. histolytica quickly disappeared, and during the 

 course there appeared an infection of tetramitus. Patient was controlled for a month after 

 treatment (the last three weeks in the convalescent camp), and there was no recurrence of the 

 E. histolytica infection. During treatment patient was not kept in bed and was given chicken 

 diet. The emetin had no effect on the temperature or pulse-rate. 



