INDEX 



213 



Entainceba coli, cysts of Lamblia ingested by 



E. coli 



variation in size of 



diagnosis of free forms . . 



drugs, action of (see Treatment). 



error of single examination for 



free forms, difficulty of identification 



infection of five years' duration 



duration of 



effect of salines on 



general remarks on 



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67 



69-70 

 66-69 



..12-17 

 66 

 71 

 71 

 118 

 27 

 128 



.. 71 

 . . 137 

 ..19-26 

 convalescents in Egypt . . . . 26 



convalescents in London . . 26 



hospital cases . . . . . . 26 



hospital cases, according to char- 



acter of stool . . . . . . 21 



British prisoners . . . . 23, 24, 26 



Native prisoners 



Native cooks 

 West Indians 



may be large in diarrhoeic stool 



normal course of . . 



lizard amoeba resembling 



percentage healthy troops . . 



23-26 

 25-26 

 25-26 



72 

 68 



pathogenicity 



red blood corpuscles not ingested by . . 

 spores of Bacillus megatherium in- 

 gested by 24,68 



ulceration not produced by . . 57 

 Entamceba histolytica (general) 



carriers, isolation of, in Egypt . . . . 29 



carriers, isolation of, in England . . . .29-30 



drugs, action of (see Treatment). 



dysentery, danger of spread in England 



error of single examination for 



examinations, several necessary 



experiments with cats, rats and mice 



healthy troops, infections of . . 



infections, duration of 



not excluded by negative result 



spontaneous disappearance of . . 



types of onset of . . 



large intestine, condition of . . 

 percentage carriers, general remarks on 



convalescents 



healthy troops 



highest in cooks . . 



hospital cases 



.. 29 

 ..12-17 



12 



135-137 

 13-20, 26 



54 

 ..65,66 



55 



.. 59 

 ..55-58 

 .. 28 

 ..20,26 

 ..19,26 

 .. 19 



26 



hospital cases according to character of 



stool 22 



British prisoners. . . . . . 23, 24, 26 



Native prisoners 24-26 



Entamaeba histolytica (general) (continued) 



percentage carriers, Native cooks .. ..25,26 

 West Indians 26 



one-third only at first examination . . 12 

 previous dysentery, influence of . . 18, 20, 26 

 previous stay in Gallipoli, influence of 18, 20, 26 

 reservoir of infection of, in native . . . . 24 



Entamccba histolytica (morphology) 



cyst, absent in severest cases . . . . 112 

 action of acid sodium sulphate on . . 154 



action of carbolic acid on . . . . 154 



action of chlorine on . . . . 147, 154 



action of cresol on . . . . 147, 154 



action of disinfectants on . . 145, 147 



action of emetin on . . . . . . 154 



action of formalin on . . . . . . 154 



characters of . . . . . . . . 47 



confusion with I-cysts . . . . . . 47 



confusion with E. nana .. .. 49 



degenerating cells, simulating. . . .61-63 



eosin test for vitality of . . . . . . 152 



flies as carriers of (see Flies). 



identity of, well established . 



in cases of bacillary dysentery . 

 ingestion by E. coli . . , 

 killed by drying . . 



.. 50 

 ..36,46 

 .. 68 

 142, 147 

 not produced by inadequate treatment 114 



presence of, indicates pathogenic 



Entamceba 50 



strains according to size . . . . 49 



survival in water. . .. . 142,147 



variations in size. . .. .. ..48,49 



why considered as stage of pathogenic 



Entamceba 50-53 



free forms, active in strong emetin 



solution .. .. .. .. 114 



characters of .. .. ..41,42 



in bacillary dysentery . . . . 44 



in liver abscess after emetin treat- 

 ment . . . . . . 66, 114 



red blood corpuscles in . . . .22, 69 



red blood corpuscles in, diagnostic 46 



red blood corpuscles ingested in 



tissues only . . . . . . 69 



red blood corpuscles in, in dysen- 

 teric stools . . . . . . 22 



rules for diagnosis of . . . . 46 



size of no diagnostic value . . 42 



spores of Bacillus mcgatlierium 



ingested by . . . . 24, 68, 85 



standard for identification of 43 



Entamceba nana, absence from early records . . 27 



