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HUMAN INTESTINAL PROTOZOA IN THE NEAR EAST 



CASE NICHOLSON, E., aged 43. Patient, who had seen previous foreign service in South 

 Africa, left England on March 16, 1915, and went to Mudros where he remained five months. 

 He had several attacks of diarrhoea, but no dysentery. He then came to Alexandria, where 

 he again had attacks of diarrhoea. He was found to be passing large numbers of E. histolytica 

 cysts on February 15, 1916, in the course of routine examination of men in Camp A 

 (Gabbari). He was kept under observation till March 4, and was then given a course 

 of emetin injections of one grain a day for 12 days. E. histolytica was last seen on the 

 eighth day of treatment and the infection did not recur, though the E. coli appeared later. 

 During treatment patient was not kept in bed and was on chicken diet. During the last 

 fortnight of control patient was in convalescent camp, where he performed light duty. 



CASE PAGE, J., aged 27. Patient, who had never been abroad before, left England for 

 Gallipoli in January, 1915. While there he suffered from diarrhoea but did not have dysentery. 

 He came to Alexandria and was found to be infected with E. histolytica on March 30, 1916, in 



