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HUMAN INTESTINAL PROTOZOA IN THE NEAR EAST 



CASE HOWARD, J., aged 32. Patient, who had not been abroad before, left England on 

 March 18, 1915 and came direct to Egypt, where he remained. On May 1, 1916, during the 

 routine examination of men in Mustapha Camp, patient was found to be a carrier of E. histolytica. 

 There was also an infection, E. coli, tetramitus, trichomonas and I-cysts. There was no history 

 of dysentery. Patient was kept under observation till May 9 and was then given a course of 

 emetin for 12 days (one-grain injection each morning and grain keratin-coated tabloid 

 by the mouth each night). The patient was kept in bed on milk diet during the treatment. 

 There was no vomiting. The E. histolytica quickly disappeared but not the tetramitus or 

 trichomonas. There was no recurrence of the E. histolytica infection during a control of one 

 month, the greater part of which patient spent in the convalescent camp on light duty. The 

 course of emetin had no effect on the patient's temperature or pulse-rate. 



