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tGASE TUKNBULL, J., aged 32. Patient, who had never been abroad before, left England 

 May, 1915, and was on the Peninsula for seven months. He had an attack of dysentery 

 while there, and was given several injections of emetin. Patient came to Egypt at end of 

 1915, and on April 20, 1916, was found to be passing mucus in the stool and amoebae, which 

 were thought to be E. histolytica, during the routine examination of cooks in Mustapha Camp. 

 There was present also an infection of E. coli, and later a tetramitus appeared. On April 25 

 E. histolytica cysts were found. Patient was given a course of emetin injections (one grain 

 a day for 12 days) from April 26. The E. histolytica infection disappeared after four doses 

 of emetin and did not recur during a control of one month, the last 10 days of which patient 

 spent in the convalescent camp on light duty. During treatment patient was not kept in bed 

 and was given chicken diet. The treatment had no effect on the temperature or pulse-rate. 



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