APPENDIX 



167 



the routine examination of cooks in Sidi Bishr Camp. He was kept under observation till 

 April 11, when he was given a course of emetin injections (one grain a day for 12 days). 

 [The E. histolytica infection, as well as a lamblia infection which had appeared, were abolished 

 by the treatment, after which the patient was kept under observation in the convalescent camp 

 for one month. There was no return of the E. histolytica infection. The lamblia infection, 

 however, reappeared, and then developed an E. coli infection. The emetin treatment had no 

 effect on the temperature or pulse-rate. The patient was kept in bed and was on chicken diet. 



CASE FLYNN, N., aged 37. Patient, who had never been abroad before, left England on 

 March 16, 1916, and came direct to Egypt. He had previously been at Woolwich and other 

 parts of England and Ireland. He was found to be a carrier of E. histolytica on April 4, 1916, 

 during the routine examination of cooks in Sidi Bishr Camp, and just 10 days after his arrival 

 in Egypt. He had never had dysentery or bad diarrhoea. He was kept under observation till 

 April 13, when a course of emetin injections was commenced (one grain a day for 12 days). 

 The E. histolytica cysts did not disappear till after the ninth day of treatment. Patient was 

 kept under control for over a month after treatment, three weeks of which was spent in the 

 convalescent camp. He had infections of E. coli and E. nana. There was no return of the 

 E. histolytica infection. During treatment patient was not kept in bed, and was on chicken diet. 

 The emetin had no effect on patient's temperature or pulse-rate. 



