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INDEX. 



Acknowledgments 



Atnceba Umax, culture of . . 



mistaken for E. nana . . 



resistance of cysts 



Ankylostome, carriage of eggs by flies 

 Axostyles in Trichomonas 



B 

 Bacteriology, bacillary dysentery, frequency of . . 23 



Bacillus megatherium in stools . . . . 24 



spores in Entamcebae . . 24, 68, 85 



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.. 6-9 

 ..90,93 

 ..27,90 

 .. 146 

 142, 152 

 79 



findings, amongst British prisoners 



.. 23 



Bahr, on large cells mistaken for Entamoebae . . 61 



Balfour, fly-traps 145 



Barlow, views on administration of salines . . 118 



influence of concurrent infections . . 117 

 Bed, rest in, during treatment . . . . 116, 117 

 Bilharzia, carriage of eggs by flies . . 142, 152 

 Bismuth emetin iodide, note .. .. 181,187 

 salicylate in E. coli infections . . . . 127 



in Lamblia infections . . . . . . 128 



in Tetramitus infections . . . . 131 



in Trichomonas infections . . . . 132 

 j8-naphthol in E. coli infections . . . . . . 128 



in Lamblia infections . . . . . . 128 



in Tetramitus infections . . . . . . 131 



Blastocystis, drugs, action of . . . . . . 132 



multiplication in cyst . . . . . . 84 



occurrence of, in Egypt . . . . . . 23 



pathogenicity . . . . . . . . . . 84 



size, variations of 84 



Calliphora, carriage of cysts by . . . . 140, 143 



Carbolic acid action on cysts 154 



Carriers (E. histotytica) 



amongst troops and natives in Egypt . .13-26 

 amongst bacillary dysentery convalescents 36 

 cysts and Entamcebffl in relations . . . . 55-60 



control after treatment . . . . . . 37 



dysentery, occurrence in . . 45, 58, 60, 112 

 general remarks on . . . . . . . . 28 



history of . . . . . . 53 



infection, spontaneous disappearance of . . 54 

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Carriers (E. histolytica) (continued) 



infection, duration of . . . . . . . . 53 



large intestine, condition of 55 



less resistant to treatment than acute cases 111 



policy regarding isolation of 29-31 



relapses after treatment . . 101, 103, 107, 110 

 Carriers (flagellates), policy regarding isolation of 38-86 



Cats, attempt to infect by flies 135 



attempt to infect by liver abscess pus 



attempt to infect with Tetramitus . . 



attempt to infect with Coccidium . . 

 dysentery by cysts from healthy cairier 



experiments with E. histolytica 



failure of E. histolytica cysts to infect 



failure of active E. histolytica to infect 



natural Coccidium infection 



natural Lamblia infection . . 



natural Trichomonas infection 



Cells in dysenteric stools . . 



macrophages resembling Entamoebae 



resemblance to Entamoebae 



.. 135 

 .. 136 

 136, 137 

 52, 136 

 135-137 

 .. 136 

 .. 136 

 .. 82 

 .. 25 

 .. 25 

 ..60-66 

 ..60,61 

 61 

 75 



Chalmers and Petskola, human Octomitus 

 Chemical agents, action of (see Disinfectants). 

 Chlorine, action on cysts .. .. .. 146,154 



Chromidial bodies, in E. coli cysts . . . . 70 



in E. histolytica cysts . . . . . . 50 



resemblance to I-bodies in I-cysts . . 83 

 Coccidium, cats, natural infection of . . 83, 136, 137 



drugs, action of . . . . . . . . 132 



. emetin, action of 82, 133, 134 



experiments with cats and mice . . 83, 136, 137 



flies as carriers of .. .. .. 141,142 



frequence amongst convalescents in London 



27, 82 



occurrence in Egypt 20, 27, 82 



oocysts, development of . . . . . . 83 



origin of infection possibly Gallipoli . . 82 



pathogenicity . . . . . . . . . 82 



Convalescents, Egyptian results compared with 



London results ..20,26 



absence of Coccidium infection in Egyptian 



results 20,27 



clinical test for detention of 31 



examination of 328 men, results . . , . 20, 21 



